Lucky Cisco Kid

{{short description|1940 film by H. Bruce Humberstone}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Lucky Cisco Kid

| image = Lucky Cisco Kid 1940 poster.jpg

| caption = 1940 US Theatrical poster

| director = H. Bruce Humberstone

| producer = Sol M. Wurtzel

| screenplay = Robert Ellis
Helen Logan

| story = Julian Johnson

| based_on = {{Based on|The Cisco Kid
(character)|O. Henry}}

| starring = Cesar Romero
Mary Beth Hughes
Dana Andrews
Evelyn Venable
Chris-Pin Martin

| music = Cyril J. Mockridge

| cinematography = Lucien N. Andriot

| editing = Fred Allen

| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|1940|06|23}}

| runtime = 67 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Lucky Cisco Kid is a 1940 Western film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, and Dana Andrews, the latter in his film debut.

Plot

A gang of outlaws, led by Judge McQuade, are committing crimes and blaming it on the Cisco Kid, in McQuade's attempt to drive the settlers off the land and buy it himself. The Cisco Kid and Gordito eventually stop the scheme, and the Kid falls in love with widow Emily Lawrence.

Cast