The Cheyenne Kid

Jack Randall takes the title role of The Cheyenne Kid, an outlaw and gambler trying to stay on the right side of the law. But if forces can't tempt him away back to his former life, they might just frame him for something and put him in a jackpot where he has no choice.

Unfortunately Randall did his work for Monogram Pictures which didn't even have the production values that even the Republic cowboy heroes had available to them. Nevertheless this fast moving B western was not half bad.

I have to single out Frank Yaconelli as Randall's Mexican sidekick who has a very funny scene in drag. Randall thinks it's real funny, but later our cowboy hero escapes from jail in that same drag outfit. Hardly in the cowboy hero mold, it's very funny, but can you see Hoppy, Gene or Roy doing that?

The Cheyenne Kid while delivering money to close a deal for some cattle is framed for the murder of the person he was supposed to pay. Part of the evidence is that he lost some money at a roulette wheel and his former gambling reputation allows people to think the worst. I have to also single out Ed Brady who is one sharp storekeeper who helps prove Randall innocent.

Too bad this one was not done at a major studio