The Cisco Kid and the Lady is a 1939 American Western film starring Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, replacing Warner Baxter, who had won the Academy Award for the role, and is the fifth film in The Cisco Kid series. For Cesar Romero, this was the first of six Cisco Kid roles.
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Plot summary
Kid and his partner, Gordito, and another outlaw named Harbison are each bequeathed a third interest in a gold mine of a dying prospector and whose only request is that they take care of his baby. In order to make sure that each keeps their promise, he tears the map of the mine in 3 parts.
Cast
Cesar Romero as Cisco Kid
Marjorie Weaver as Julie Lawson
Chris-Pin Martin as Gordito
George Montgomery as Tommy Bates
Robert Barrat as Jim Harbison
Virginia Field as Billie Graham
Harry Green as Teasdale
Gloria Ann White as Baby
John Beach as Stevens
Ward Bond as Walton
J. Anthony Hughes as Drake
James Burke as Pop Saunders
Harry Hayden as Sheriff
James Flavin as Sergeant
Ruth Warren as Ma Saunders
Adrian Morris as Saloon Brawler
Reception
Frank S. Nugent, of The New York Times, reviewed the film saying, "In sum, The Cisco Kid and the Lady is good old-fashioned horse opera and good entertainment to boot". Time Out London wrote that the film has "a shaggy-dog charm". Paul Mavis of DVD Talk rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it "completely satisfying". Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict wrote, "The Cisco Kid and the Lady is standard western stuff (everything unfolds as you'd expect, with the requisite happy ending), but for what it is, it's amusing and goes down easy as a shot of tequila."