

The Kid from Broken Gun
1952-08-19 · 55 min · ★ 6.0
Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the bad guys. His longtime sidekick, Smiley Burnette appears as an itinerant optometrist who is hardly in the plot line of the film. Jock Mahoney plays Jack Mahoney, an eastern educated dude who has come back home. The Durango Kid teaches Jack how to draw and fire a six-gun, and the two ultimately work together to bring the outlaws to justice.
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- Directors
- Fred F. Sears
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Charles StarrettSteve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Jock MahoneyJack Mahoney
Angela StevensGail Kingston
Tristram CoffinMartin Donohugh
Myron HealeyKiefer
Helen MoweryDixie King (archive footage)
Smiley BurnetteSmiley BurnetteTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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