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Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush (1954)

In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the frontier leading the fight for law and order alongside his Mexican companion Pepe. In this rarely-seen TV pilot, the Kid and Pepe intercede on behalf of the murdered rancher's daughter, openly defying the landgrabbers in a cow town so lawless that rustlers operate in broad daylight! Shot at the Corrigan Ranch in 1950, TEXAS KID co-starred Mercury Records recording artist John Laurenz as Pepe and stuntman Hugh Hooker as the Kid. Hooker, a specialist in stunts involving horses and stagecoaches, often doubled Gene Autry and even produced a few movies, including the low-budget gem . That movie's star was Hugh's teenage son Buddy Joe Hooker, whose own subsequent, stellar stunt career inspired HOOPER (1978), Burt Reynolds' hit comedy tribute to movie stuntmen.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Hugh HookerHugh HookerDon Sturgis aka The Texas Kid
  • Photo of John LaurenzJohn LaurenzPepe Martinez
  • Photo of Pamela BlakePamela BlakeBetty Johnson
  • Photo of Terry FrostTerry FrostRay Finch
  • Photo of Monte BlueMonte BlueSheriff
  • Photo of James KirkwoodJames KirkwoodTim Johnson
  • Photo of Frank JaquetFrank JaquetJudge
  • Photo of Frank J. ScannellFrank J. ScannellFrank Blake
  • Photo of John ComptonJohn ComptonBaden
  • Photo of Frank MarloweFrank MarloweHenchman Barton

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