Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush (1954)
In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the frontier leading the fight for law and order alongside his Mexican companion Pepe. In this rarely-seen TV pilot, the Kid and Pepe intercede on behalf of the murdered rancher's daughter, openly defying the landgrabbers in a cow town so lawless that rustlers operate in broad daylight! Shot at the Corrigan Ranch in 1950, TEXAS KID co-starred Mercury Records recording artist John Laurenz as Pepe and stuntman Hugh Hooker as the Kid. Hooker, a specialist in stunts involving horses and stagecoaches, often doubled Gene Autry and even produced a few movies, including the low-budget gem . That movie's star was Hugh's teenage son Buddy Joe Hooker, whose own subsequent, stellar stunt career inspired HOOPER (1978), Burt Reynolds' hit comedy tribute to movie stuntmen.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey
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Hugh Hooker as Don Sturgis aka The Texas Kid |
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John Laurenz as Pepe Martinez |
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Pamela Blake as Betty Johnson |
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Terry Frost as Ray Finch |
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Monte Blue as Sheriff |
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James Kirkwood as Tim Johnson |
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Frank Jaquet as Judge |
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Frank J. Scannell as Frank Blake |
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John Compton as Baden |
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Frank Marlowe as Henchman Barton |
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Jack Low as Henchman Ripper |
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Johnny Carpenter as Henchman Brock |
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Henchman Montana |
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Ann Duncan as Sis Johnson |
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Bobby Taylor as Bobby Johnson |
| Directing | Robert Emmett Tansey | Director |
| Writing | Robert Emmett Tansey | Writer |
