The Tonto Kid (1934)

Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames ... See full summary »

Director:

Harry L. Fraser

Writers:

Christopher Booth (novel), Harry L. Fraser (screenplay)

Stars:

Rex Bell, Ruth Mix, Buzz Barton

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rex Bell	...	'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Ruth Mix	...	Nancy Cahill
Buzz Barton	...	Wesley Fritch
Theodore Lorch	...	Lawyer Sam Creech
Joseph W. Girard	...	Rance Cartwright (as Joseph Gerard)
Barbara Roberts	...	Edna May Cartwright
Jack Rockwell	...	Deputy Sheriff Hack Baker
Murdock MacQuarrie	...	'Pop' Slawson (as Murdock McQuarrie)
Bert Lindley	...	Tom Quillan - Diamond D Foreman
Jane Keckley	...	Mrs. Fritch, Wesley's Mother
Stella Adams	...	Edna May's Landlady

Storyline

Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.

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Plot Keywords:

ranch | murder | lawyer | scheme | performer | 

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Taglines:

WHEN THE LONE WOLF OF ARIZONA SMILES...BEWARE OF BLUE STEEL AND HOT LEAD! (original poster - all caps)

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 1934 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Resolute Pictures Corp.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Dramophone Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Another one of Resolute's soap-opera westerns.

The film was the first of a proposed series of six set to star Rex Bell, Ruth Mix and Buzz Barton for the 1934-35 production season(September through August) and was to be followed by "Gunsmoke", "Rodeo Rustlers" "Roped", "Riders of the Law" and "The Lumber Hawk" as the announced titles. But only three more were actually filmed; "Gun Fire". "Fighting Pioneers" and "Saddle Aces" before Resolute closed shop. Mannon/Resolute also announced, at the same time of the proposed six Bell-Mix-Barton westerns, that "Sky Fighters"---The Greatest Air Serial Ever Filmed" was "in preparation, but those 12 episodes and two of the Bell-Mix-Barton westerns never saw the light of day.