The Cisco Kid (Duncan Renaldo) and his sidekick Pancho (Leo Carrillo) are mistaken for Mexican bandits, so the only alternative is to play along with the authorities and infiltrate the bad guys. The banditos turn out to be Americanos as Cisco and Pancho play both sides of the border to smoke out the villains. They're led by outlaw Brack (Fred Kohler Jr.) in league with editor Stoneham (Walter Baldwin) of the Arizona Globe. Buried elsewhere in the story is a petition for Arizona statehood to be delivered to Congress, but the messenger is murdered on the way. Presumably the bad guys wanted to keep the wild west wild as long as possible.
It was cool to see familiar character actor of the era Joe Sawyer turn up in this one as Cavalry Sergeant McNulty, constantly thwarted by the antics of Cisco and Pancho. Pretty Mexican actress Armida portrays a cantina lady named Rosita, who has an eye for Cisco, but there's really no romance to speak of as the film plays out. Having seen his name in the credits, I kept an eye out for Clayton Moore, but wasn't able to pick him out as an Army lieutenant. Someday I might go back and try to spot him again, but with this flick packaged as part of a two hundred fifty Western movie set, it will be a while.
One cool program note - Cisco calls his stately pinto horse by name in the story. Trivia fans will be glad to learn it was Diablo. Makes sense to me.
It was cool to see familiar character actor of the era Joe Sawyer turn up in this one as Cavalry Sergeant McNulty, constantly thwarted by the antics of Cisco and Pancho. Pretty Mexican actress Armida portrays a cantina lady named Rosita, who has an eye for Cisco, but there's really no romance to speak of as the film plays out. Having seen his name in the credits, I kept an eye out for Clayton Moore, but wasn't able to pick him out as an Army lieutenant. Someday I might go back and try to spot him again, but with this flick packaged as part of a two hundred fifty Western movie set, it will be a while.
One cool program note - Cisco calls his stately pinto horse by name in the story. Trivia fans will be glad to learn it was Diablo. Makes sense to me.