Beauty and the Bandit1946
Starring
- Vida Aldana - Rosita
- Ramsay Ames - Jeanne Du Bois
- Martin Garralaga - Dr. Juan Valegra
- William Gould - Doc Wells
- George J. Lewis - Capitan
- Gilbert Roland - The Cisco Kid
- Dimas Sotello - Farmer
- Felipe Turich - Sick Farmer
- Frank Yaconelli - Baby
Member Reviews (1)
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine. It was a long time ago. I was about four years old. The Kid was Duncan Renaldo, who would show up everyday on a flickering old black and white TV. Here, the Kid is Gilbert Roland, a somewhat forgotten figure today, who had a career that spanned six decades, from silent films right through the Television age. Roland was a smooth leading man who had a cool, laconic screen presence that rivaled Mitchum, or Ladd, or even Bogart. Roland's Cisco is a cool anti-hero, a Robin Hood of old California. The film itself is a routine Monogram B-Western, filmed somewhere in the San Fernando Valley, but the camera and lighting display the expertise of Hollywood filmmaking of the 40's, even on a low-budget picture. There is a low-key, shadowy atmosphere that suggests just a hint of Film Noir. A solid second feature from long ago, and fun re-introduction to a screen hero from long, long ago.