Kid Blue
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| Directed by | James Frawley |
| Written by | Bud Shrake (as Edwin Shrake) |
| Produced by | Marvin Schwartz |
| Starring | Dennis Hopper Warren Oates Peter Boyle Ben Johnson |
| Cinematography | Billy Williams |
| Edited by | Stefan Arnsten |
| Music by | Tim McIntire John Rubinstein |
| Color process | Color by DeLuxe |
Production company | Marvin Schwartz Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
Kid Blue is a 1973 American comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Lee Purcell, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Bickford Waner, who has failed as a train robber, decides to go straight and get an honest job. He arrives in Dime Box, Texas, to find work. He is befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly. Molly seduces Bickford into getting her pregnant and making her husband miserable.
Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto tracks him down and reveals to Reese and Molly that Bickford is a train robber known as Kid Blue. Bickford returns to his old ways and plots a crime.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Dennis Hopper as Bickford Waner
- Warren Oates as Reese Ford
- Peter Boyle as Preacher Bob
- Ben Johnson as Sheriff "Mean John" Simpson
- Lee Purcell as Molly Ford
- Janice Rule as Janet Conforto
- Ralph Waite as Drummer
- Clifton James as Mr. Hendricks
- Jose Torvay as Old Coyote
- Mary Jackson as Mrs. Evans
- Jay Varela as Mendoza
- Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. as Tough Guy
- Warren Finnerty as Wills
- Owen Orr as Train Robber #1
- Richard Rust as Train Robber #2
- Howard Hessman as Confectionary Man
- M. Emmet Walsh as The Barber
- Bobby Hall as The Bartender
- Melvin Stewart as Blackman
- Eddy Donno as Huey
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. p. 257
External links
[edit | edit source]- Kid Blue at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Kid Blue at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Kid Blue at the TCM Movie Database
- Kid Blue at Rotten TomatoesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1973 films
- American Western (genre) comedy films
- Films set in Texas
- Films directed by James Frawley
- 1970s Western (genre) comedy films
- 1973 comedy films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1970s American film stubs
- 20th Century Fox films