Kid Blue
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Directed by | James Frawley |
Written by | Bud Shrake (as Edwin Shrake) |
Produced by | Marvin Schwartz |
Starring | Dennis Hopper Warren Oates Peter Boyle Ben Johnson |
Cinematography | Billy Williams |
Edited by | Stefan Arnsten |
Music by | Tim McIntire John Rubinstein |
Color process | Color by DeLuxe |
Production company | Marvin Schwartz Productions |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million[1] |
Kid Blue is a 1973 American Comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson.
Plot[]
Bickford Waner (Hopper), who has failed as a train robber, decides to go straight and get an honest job. He arrives in Dime Box, Texas, to find work. He is befriended by Reese Ford (Oates) and his wife Molly (Lee Purcell). Molly seduces Bickford into getting her pregnant and making her husband miserable, feeling betrayed by his best friend. Mean John (Ben Johnson), the sheriff, is right on top of the whole plot, recognizing Kid Blue for what he really is in spite of his trying to change his character.
Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto (Janice Rule) tracks him down and reveals to Reese and Molly that Bickford is a train robber known as Kid Blue. Bickford returns to his old ways and plots a crime.
Cast[]
- Dennis Hopper as Bickford Waner
- Warren Oates as Reese Ford
- Peter Boyle as Preacher Bob
- Ben Johnson as Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson
- Lee Purcell as Molly Ford
- Janice Rule as Janet Conforto
- Ralph Waite as Drummer
- Clifton James as Mr. Hendricks
- José Torvay as Old Coyote (as Jose Torvay)
- Mary Jackson as Mrs Evans
- Jay Varela as Mendoza
- Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
- Warren Finnerty as Wills
- Owen Orr as Train Robber #1
- Richard Rust as Train Robber #2
- Howard Hesseman as Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman)
- M. Emmet Walsh as Barber
- Bobby Hall as Bartender
- Mel Stewart as Blackman (as Melvin Stewart)
- Eddy Donno as Huey
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 257
External links[]
- Kid Blue at IMDb
- Kid Blue at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Kid Blue at the TCM Movie Database
- Kid Blue at Rotten Tomatoes
- 1973 films
- English-language films
- American Western (genre) comedy films
- American films
- Films set in Texas
- Films directed by James Frawley
- 1970s Western (genre) comedy films
- 1973 comedy films
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs