The Carson City Kid – Roy is a bandit who is out to get the man who killed his younger brother. He learns as he rides into the town of Sonora that the man is the owner of the local saloon and gambling hall.
The Carson City Kid (1940)
Director: Joseph Kane
Writers: Robert Yost, Gerald Geraghty, Joseph Kane
Stars: Roy Rogers, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Bob Steele
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1940 (United States)
Also Known As: Cidade Sinistra
Filming Locations: Iverson Ranch – 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Story:
Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers, and not playing "himself" but playing a character named Roy Rogers), posing as The Carson City Kid, is seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds, the man who killed his brother. To find Reynolds in the gold towns, he systematically stops stagecoaches and goes through the mail, hoping to find letters addressed to Reynolds and thusly learn his whereabouts. Thus "The Kid" earns the reputation of a stagecoach robber, although he never takes anything, and the reputation is enhanced by the fact that he travels with Laramie (Francis McDonald), a notorious half-breed outlaw.
Review:
One of the best of Roy’s early westerns
The Carson City Kid is a "B" western to be sure, however, this one is a cut above the average.
Rogers had not yet evolved into the the yodeling/singing hero of the range. At this stage of his career, the studio was not casting him as himself but as "good" bad guys. In fact in this picture he sings only one song and that is a duet with the heroine.
What sets this picture apart is the excellent supporting cast. First, we have Gabby Hayes playing the Marshal and Noah Beery Jr. as Arizona who is befriended by Roy along the way. Heading up the villains are Bob Steele and the venerable Hal Taliaferro. Even Yakima Canutt turns up in an unbilled bit as the bartender. Steele always made a better villain than hero and in my humble opinion, takes the picture away from Rogers.
To be fair, Roy was just getting started and didn’t do that bad of a job. The Carson City Kid remains one of Roy’s better early westerns. Written by beejer on imdb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(Originaltitel) The Carson City Kid
Brazil Cidade Sinistra
Canada The Carson City Kid(English)
Ireland The Carson City Kid(English)
United Kingdom The Carson City Kid
United States The Carson City Kid
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