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Trail to Laredo (1948)

Filmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango Kid" Western featured the Cass County Boys performing "Go West Young Lady" by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, in addition to series regular Smiley Burnette singing his own "It's My Turn" and "The Yodeler. This time, the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is chasing down a gang of outlaws shipping stolen gold in crates marked "ring bolts," ably assisted by Smiley, a treasury agent working undercover as a house painter. Virginia Maxey supplies female interest and little Tommy Ivo, in one of his six appearances in the Durango Kid series, also gets in the way of the action.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Charles StarrettCharles StarrettSteve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
  • Photo of Jim BannonJim BannonDan Parks
  • Photo of Virginia MaxeyVirginia MaxeyClassy
  • Photo of Tommy IvoTommy IvoRonnie Parks
  • Photo of Hugh ProsserHugh ProsserFenton
  • Photo of Smiley BurnetteSmiley BurnetteSmiley Burnette

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