The Tonto Kid

Aug 14, 1934

1h 1m

★ 6.0

HISTORY IGNORES HIM...YET THE "KID" MADE HISTORY EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LIFE!

Overview

Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Resolute Pictures Corp.

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Cast

'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid

Rex Bell

Nancy Cahill

Ruth Mix

Wesley Fritch

Buzz Barton

Lawyer Sam Creech

Theodore Lorch

Rance Cartwright

Joseph W. Girard

Edna May Cartwright

Barbara E. Robertson

Deputy Sheriff Hack Baker

Jack Rockwell

'Pop' Slawson

Murdock MacQuarrie

Tom Quillan - Diamond D Foreman

Bert Lindley

Mrs. Fritch, Wesley's Mother

Jane Keckley

Edna May's Landlady

Stella Adams

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