The Kid from Amarillo(1951)
Charles STARRETT shoots the badmen! and Smiley BURNETTE shoots the bull!
Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader of the gang in his den.
Movie: The Kid from Amarillo
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Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
Smiley Burnette
Tom Mallory
Jonathan Cole
Rakim
Dirk
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Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader of the gang in his den.
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1951-10-29
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Charles STARRETT shoots the badmen! and Smiley BURNETTE shoots the bull!
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