The Daring Caballero (1949)

  • NR
  • 06/13/1949 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h

Thrill After Thrill!

Overview

Daring Cabellero was the third of producer Phil Krasne's Cisco Kid "B" westerns. Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo return as Cisco and Pancho, roles they'd carry over into a popular 1950s TV series. Once more stumbling into a dangerous situation, Cisco and Pancho risk their own necks by saving an innocent man from hanging. Eventually, our heroes learn that a corrupt political machine is behind the killing. Leading lady Kippie Valez is cast as "herself," which must have meant more in 1949 than it does today. Unlike the subsequent TV series, Daring Caballero does not end with the leading actors reciting their standard mantra "Oh, Pancho! Oh, Cisco!"

Wallace Fox

Director

Frances Kavanaugh

Story

Betty Burbridge

Screenplay

O. Henry

Characters

Cast

Duncan Renaldo's headshot

Duncan Renaldo

The Cisco Kid
Leo Carrillo's headshot

Leo Carrillo

Pancho
Kippee Valez's headshot

Kippee Valez

Kippee Valez
Charles Halton's headshot

Charles Halton

Ed J. Hodges
Pedro de Cordoba's headshot

Pedro de Cordoba

Padre Leonardo
Stephen Chase's headshot

Stephen Chase

Major Bruce Brady
David Leonard's headshot

David Leonard

Patrick Del Rio
Edmund Cobb's headshot

Edmund Cobb

Marshal J.B. Scott

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