The Cisco Kid (TV series)
The Cisco Kid is a 1950-1956 half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, the Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados wanted for unspecified crimes,[1] but were viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help.[2] It was also the first television series to be filmed in color,[3] although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.
| The Cisco Kid | |
|---|---|
 Duncan Renaldo as the Cisco Kid, with Diablo | |
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | O. Henry J. Benton Cheney Barry Cohon |
| Directed by | Paul Landres Lambert Hillyer |
| Starring | Duncan Renaldo Leo Carrillo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 156 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Frederick Ziv Philip N. Krasne |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Ziv Television Programs |
| Distributor | Ziv Television Programs(1950s) Walter Schwimmer (1960s and 70s) Rhodes Productions (1980s) Peter Rodgers Organization (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 5, 1950 – March 22, 1956 |
References
- Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 121–122. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 165
- Interview with Frederick W. Ziv, in: Irv Broughton, Producers on Producing: The Making of Film and Television, McFarland, 1986, p. 18. ISBN 978-0-89950-199-4.
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