The Kid From Broken Gun (1952)

The Kid From Broken Gun (1952)

„The Kid From Broken Gun“ is a 1952 Western film directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Barry Shipman and Ed Earl Repp.

Told in flashback, Mahoney is charged with murder and Starrett proves to his lawyer that Stevens is really the guilty party. Making the female lead a lawyer (a murderous one at that) was a novel move for the time and genre.

Cast:

• Charles Starrett – Steve Reynolds/The Durango Kid
• Jock Mahoney – Jack Mahoney
• Angela Stevens – Gail Kingston
• Tristram Coffin – Martin Donohugh
• Myron Healey – Kiefer
• Helen Mowery – Dixie King (archive footage)
• Smiley Burnette – Smiley Burnette
• Charles Horvath – Al, Henchman
• John Cason – Chuck
• Emmett Lynn – Cimarron Dobbs – clips from „The Fighting Frontiersman“ (archive footage)
• Donald Chaffin – Courtroom Deputy
• Bill Clark – Courtroom Deputy
• Cactus Mack – Courtroom Spectator
• ’Snub’ Pollard – Courtroom Spectator
• Buddy Roosevelt – Courtroom Spectator
• Pat O’Malley – Doc Handy
• Jim Diehl – Henchman (archive footage)
• Eddie Parker – Henchman
• Bob Woodward – Henchman
• George Chesebro – Henchman Rankin – clips from „The Fighting Frontiersman“ (archive footage)
• Zon Murray – Henchman Slade – clips from „The Fighting Frontiersman“ (archive footage)
• Ted Mapes – Henchman – clips from „The Fighting Frontiersman“ (archive footage)
• Edgar Dearing – Judge Halloway
• Steve Benton – Juror
• Frank O’Connor – Juror
• Edward Hearn – Jury Foreman
• Chris Alcaide – Matt Fallon
• Robert Filmer – Munro – clips from „The Fighting Frontiersman“ (archive footage)
• Fred F. Sears – Opening Narrator (voice)
• Mauritz Hugo – Sheriff
• Bullet – Steve’s Horse
• Ernie Adams – The Printer – clips from „The Fighting Frontiersman“ (archive footage)

„The Kid From Broken Gun“ ist ein Westernfilm aus dem Jahr 1952 unter der Regie von Fred F. Sears und mit einem Drehbuch von Barry Shipman und Ed Earl Repp.

In der Rückblende wird Mahoney des Mordes angeklagt und Starrett beweist seinem Anwalt, dass Stevens in Wirklichkeit der Schuldige ist. Dass die weibliche Hauptfigur eine Anwältin ist (noch dazu eine mörderische), war für die damalige Zeit und das Genre ein Novum.