The Cheyenne Kid

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Chasing a gambler that stole money, Tom Larkin gets his horse shot out from under him. Meeting an outlaw with a horse, after a fight Tom rides away on that horse. Arriving in town he is mist... Read allChasing a gambler that stole money, Tom Larkin gets his horse shot out from under him. Meeting an outlaw with a horse, after a fight Tom rides away on that horse. Arriving in town he is mistaken for the outlaw and offered a job of killing a man. But the man is the father of the g... Read allChasing a gambler that stole money, Tom Larkin gets his horse shot out from under him. Meeting an outlaw with a horse, after a fight Tom rides away on that horse. Arriving in town he is mistaken for the outlaw and offered a job of killing a man. But the man is the father of the girl that Tom's money was to go to but was stolen by the gambler.

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5.2/10

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Tom Keene

Tom Larkin

Mary Mason

Hope Winters

Roscoe Ates

Bush
(as Rosco Ates)

Otto Hoffman

Cal Winters

Al Bridge

Denver Ed

Alan Roscoe

Mark Hollister

Anderson Lawler

Tate

Pinto the Horse

Tom's Horse

Chuck Baldra

Singer
(uncredited)

Ken Cooper

Rodeo Bronc Buster
(uncredited)

Ben Corbett

Rocky
(uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Sheriff
(uncredited)

Bill Hurley

Rodeo Relay Rider
(uncredited)

Gordon James

Rodeo Trick Roper
(uncredited)

Buff Jones

Rodeo Trick Roper
(uncredited)

Jack Jones

Musician
(uncredited)

John Kelly

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Jack Kirk

Singer
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. Hill
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Trivia
The $500 Tom wins riding the bucking bronco would be equivalent to $10,641 in 2022.

Goofs
As Tom Larkin rides the bucking bronco, the clips of two different men shown doing the actual riding have on dark chaps, but Tom Keene is wearing light-colored ones.

Connections
Edited into Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

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5/10

About average to slightly above average for the genre.

To me, one of the least appealing western sidekicks was Roscoe Ates. This is because his shtick was stuttering...and it wasn't funny...just annoying. In many films Ates doesn't stutter...but in every western I've seen, he stutters like Porky Pig. Unfortunately for Tom Keene, he's saddled with this stuttering fool in "The Cheyenne Kid".

The story begins at a rodeo. A jerk tries to sabotage Tom's ride on a bucking broncho. But Tom's so good, he manages to win anyway. So, the jerk then resorts to stealing Tom's winnings! Not surprisingly, Tom chases him down and gets his horse shot out from under him*. So, he takes the would-be assassin's horse and heads into town...and the townsfolk think HE is the bandit, Denver Ed. Unfortunately, his dim friend (Ates) has also gotten a job working for a thieving murderer!

While I'll be the first to admit that Keene had little in the way of charisma in this film compared to other B-western stars of the day, the film itself is pretty good. Some might be because it's an RKO-Radio production and the budget seemed a bit better than similar movies.