The Cimarron Kid

The Cimarron Kid
The Cimarron Kid
Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Screenplay by	Louis Stevens
Story by	Louis Stevens; Kay Lenard
Produced by	Ted Richmond
Starring	Audie Murphy; Beverly Tyler
Cinematography	Charles P. Boyle
Edited by	Frank Gross
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 13, 1952 (Los Angeles);
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.25 million (US rentals)

The Cimarron Kid is a 1952 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Audie Murphy and Beverly Tyler.^[2]

Plot[]

Bill Doolin (Audie Murphy) is released from jail and is going home on the train when it is held up by his boyhood friends, the Dalton Gang. Doolin finds himself accused of helping the crime and winds up an outlaw.

Cast[]

Audie Murphy as Bill Doolin / the Cimarron Kid
Beverly Tyler as Carrie Roberts
James Best as Bitter Creek Dalton
Yvette Dugay as Rose
John Hudson as Dynamite Dick Dalton
Hugh O'Brian as Red Buck
Roy Roberts as Pat Roberts
David Bauer as Sam Swanson (as David Wolfe)
Noah Beery Jr. as Bob Dalton
Leif Erickson as Marshal John Sutton
John Hubbard as George Weber
Frank Silvera as Stacey Marshall

Production[]

The film was based on a story by Louis Stevens. It was assigned to producer Ted Richmond at Universal for Audie Murphy in April 1951.^[3]

It was the first Western from Budd Boetticher, who later became famous for his work in the genre.^[4] “I became a Western director because they thought I looked like one and they thought I rode better than anyone else," said Boetticher later. "And I didn’t know anything about the West.” It was also the director's first film in color and his first under a long term contract with Universal Pictures.^[5]

In the original script, Murphy's character died at the end of the movie, but the studio decided to change it to reflect the actor's rising popularity.^[6]

References[]

^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
^ The Cimarron Kid at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
^ Brady, Thomas F. (April 23, 1951). "AVA GARDNER GETS ROLE WITH GABLE: Named for Metro's 'Lone Star,' Story of Texas Annexation Hartman Project Revived". New York Times. p. 21.
^ Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.
^ Sean Axmaker, 'Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher', Senses of Cinema 7 February 2006 accessed 25 June 2012
^ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 224

External links[]

The Cimarron Kid at IMDb
The Cimarron Kid at TCMDB

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[1] 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

[2] The Cimarron Kid at Audie Murphy Memorial Site

[3] Brady, Thomas F. (April 23, 1951). "AVA GARDNER GETS ROLE WITH GABLE: Named for Metro's 'Lone Star,' Story of Texas Annexation Hartman Project Revived". New York Times. p. 21.

[budd-4] Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.

[5] Sean Axmaker, 'Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher', Senses of Cinema 7 February 2006 accessed 25 June 2012

[Graham-6] Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 224

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