Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush 70 years old

In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the frontier leading the fight for law and order alongside his Mexican companion Pepe. In this rarely-seen TV pilot, the Kid and Pepe intercede on behalf of the murdered rancher's daughter, openly defying the landgrabbers in a cow town so lawless that rustlers operate in broad daylight! Shot at the Corrigan Ranch in 1950, TEXAS KID co-starred Mercury Records recording artist John Laurenz as Pepe and stuntman Hugh Hooker as the Kid. Hooker, a specialist in stunts involving horses and stagecoaches, often doubled Gene Autry and even produced a few movies, including the low-budget gem . That movie's star was Hugh's teenage son Buddy Joe Hooker, whose own subsequent, stellar stunt career inspired HOOPER (1978), Burt Reynolds' hit comedy tribute to movie stuntmen.

Credits

Frank Marlowe as Henchman Barton

Monte Blue as Sheriff

Frank Jaquet as Judge

Pamela Blake as Betty Johnson

Terry Frost as Ray Finch

Johnny Carpenter as Henchman Brock

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush Cast

Name	Character
Frank Marlowe He was 49, 60 years old when he died	as Henchman Barton
Monte Blue He was 66, 76 years old when he died	as Sheriff
Frank Jaquet He was 68, 73 years old when he died	as Judge
Pamela Blake She was 38, 94 years old when she died	as Betty Johnson
Terry Frost He was 38, 87 years old when he died	as Ray Finch
Johnny Carpenter He was 39, 88 years old when he died	as Henchman Brock
Frank J. Scannell	as Frank Blake
John Laurenz	as Pepe Martinez
James Kirkwood He was 78, 88 years old when he died	as Tim Johnson

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush Crew

Name	Department
Robert Emmett Tansey as Director. He was 56 (53) years old when He died	Directing
Robert Emmett Tansey as Writer. He was 56 (53) years old when He died	Writing

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush poster

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush (70 years)

Release day: Friday, January 01, 1954
Runtime: 77 minutes