Satan's Cradle 75 years old
THE CISCO KID is out for MURDER!
Satan's Cradle was the fourth of producer Phil Krasne's "Cisco Kid" programmers for United Artists. Anyone who remembers the Cisco TV series will know without being told that Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo essayed the roles of wandering do-gooders Cisco and Pancho. Unlike previous entries, Satan's Cradle was directed by serial veteran Ford Beebe rather than the unimaginative Wallace Fox; the improvement is immediately noticeable. This time, Cisco takes on a frontier megalomaniac, shyster lawyer Steve Gentry (Douglas Fowley), who has taken over a mining town. Gentry's confederate is dancehall girl Lil (Ann Savage) who is as deadly as she is beautiful. When itinerant preacher Henry Lane (Byron Foulger) is beaten to a pulp by Gentry's goons (an astonishingly brutal sequence), Cisco and Pancho move in for the kill.
Credits
Satan's Cradle Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leo Carrillo He was 68, 80 years old when he died | as Pancho |
| Byron Foulger He was 50, 70 years old when he died | as Henry Lane,The Preacher |
| Douglas Fowley He was 38, 86 years old when he died | as Steve Gentry |
| Claire Carleton She was 36, 66 years old when she died | as Belle |
| Ann Savage She was 28, 87 years old when she died | as Lil |
| Duncan Renaldo He was 45, 76 years old when he died | as Cisco Kid |
| George DeNormand He was 46, 73 years old when he died | as Henchman Idaho |
Satan's Cradle Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Ford Beebe as Director. He was 60 (90) years old when He died | Directing |
| J. Benton Cheney as Screenplay. | Writing |
| O. Henry as Characters. He was 87 (47) years old when He died | Writing |
Satan's Cradle (75 years)
THE CISCO KID is out for MURDER!
- Release day: Thursday, October 06, 1949
- Runtime: 60 minutes