Beauty and the Bandit
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
William Nigh
Gilbert Roland
Martin Garralaga
Frank Yaconelli
Ramsay Ames
Vida Aldana
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Outlaw The Cisco Kid learns from a former member of his band that a rich, young Frenchman named Du Bois has recently landed at a California port and will travel with a chest of silver to the town of San Marino. Pretending to be a policeman, Cisco meets Du Bois and offers the services of himself and several of his men as escorts. Unknown to Cisco, Du Bois is actually a woman named Jeanne, who has disguised herself as a man. Along the way, Cisco's men remove the silver from the chest and replace it with stones. Meanwhile, in San Marino, Doc Walsh and his associate, Valegra, quarrel when Valegra frets about his part in Walsh's scheme to drive the farmers off their land by poisoning their grain. Walsh plans to use the silver that Jeanne is bringing to town to buy the land and sell it at a high price in Europe. After Cisco and Jeanne arrive, Jeanne reveals her true identity to Walsh, who had been a business associate of her dead father. When Walsh tells Jeanne that there is no silver in the chest, she lies that she has hidden the silver in a safe place. The next morning, Jeanne drops her male disguise, and Cisco offers to give her a riding lesson. In the middle of the lesson, Cisco is summoned by his sidekick, Baby, who informs him that the real police chief has arrived and has arrested several of Cisco's men. Followed by Jeanne, Cisco rescues his men and then heads for his hideout. At the camp, Jeanne reveals that she knows Cisco stole her money, but did not tell Walsh because she has fallen in love with him. When Cisco learns what Jeanne plans to do with the money, he scolds her for the ugliness in her heart and spanks her. He adds that he has dedicated his life to helping the poor and does not want to settle down with any woman. When they all return to town, they find that the starving farmers have eaten the poisoned grain and are dying. While Cisco and his men demand the antidote from Valegra, a reformed Jeanne pays Walsh for the deed and then burns it. Walsh then locks Jeanne in one of the rooms, intending to lure Cisco to the house and kill him. Despite Walsh's attempts to confuse Cisco with ventriloquism, however, Cisco kills him. The next day, the police arrest Cisco, who has a criminal record, but Cisco escapes and rejoins his men, who will continue to fight for the poor.
Director
William Nigh
Cast
Gilbert Roland
Martin Garralaga
Frank Yaconelli
Ramsay Ames
Vida Aldana
George J. Lewis
William Gould
Dimas Sotello
Felipe Turich
Antonio Damas
Alex Montoya
Crew
Charles S. Belden
Charles J. Bigelow
Harry Bourne
Eddie Cherkose
Gordon Clark
Eddie Davis
Scott R. Dunlap
Franklin Hansen
Ernest Hickson
Edward J. Kay
Fred Maguire
Harry Neumann
Charles Rosoff
Harry Ross
Vin Taylor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Although Glenn Strange has a fine voice, and sang very well in a number of B-Westerns, his voice is dubbed when his character, Sailor Bill, "sings" "Blow the Man Down".
Notes
According to modern sources, star Gilbert Roland wrote additional dialogue for this film. For more information about "The Cisco Kid" series, consult Series Index and see entry for The Cisco Kid in AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40; F3.0727.
