The Kid from Broken Gun

Aug 19, 1952

0h 55m

★ 5.0

HE'S OUT TO BEAT A MURDER RAP!

Overview

Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the bad guys. His longtime sidekick, Smiley Burnette appears as an itinerant optometrist who is hardly in the plot line of the film. Jock Mahoney plays Jack Mahoney, an eastern educated dude who has come back home. The Durango Kid teaches Jack how to draw and fire a six-gun, and the two ultimately work together to bring the outlaws to justice.

Genres

Western

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The Kid from Broken Gun Trailers

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Cast

Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid

Charles Starrett

Jack Mahoney

Jock Mahoney

Gail Kingston

Angela Stevens

Martin Donohugh

Tristram Coffin

Kiefer

Myron Healey

Dixie King (archive footage)

Helen Mowery

Smiley Burnette

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