Description:Warner Baxter (who won a Best Actor Academy Award) portrays the Cisco Kid -- the "Robin Hood of the West." The Kid and his rival, Sgt. Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe), vie for the fetching (and duplicitous) Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess), who betrays the Kid -- but not without consequences. This early "talkie" based on aWarner Baxter (who won a Best Actor Academy Award) portrays the Cisco Kid -- the "Robin Hood of the West." The Kid and his rival, Sgt. Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe), vie for the fetching (and duplicitous) Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess), who betrays the Kid -- but not without consequences. This early "talkie" based on a character by famous short-story writer O. Henry was filmed in 1929 by directors Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh. ... (more)(less)
"1928/1929 ~ Warner Baxter as The Cisco Kid
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