The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made between the American Wild West and the equally treacherous Australian outback.
Top billed cast
Jock MahoneyTex Kinnane
Veda Ann BorgStella Grey
Martha HyerMary Corbett
Douglass DumbrilleVincent Moller
Guy DolemanSergeant Jim Penrose
Alec KellawayBaldy Muldoon
Grant TaylorPhil Romero
Alan GiffordSteve Corbett- Hayde SeldonMa Muldoon
- Frank RansomeRobey
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