The Sombrero Kid (1942)
A well-acted, well-paced entry in the Don "Red" Barry Western series from Republic Pictures, The Sombrero Kid featured the diminutive Barry as Jerry Holden, the apparent son and heir of veteran lawman Tom Holden (Robert Homans). But when Holden Sr. is killed by one of Banker Martin's (Joel Friedkin) gang of claim jumpers, Jerry learns that his real father was Bart Clanton, a notorious bandit killed by Marshal Holden, who then raised the orphaned boy as his own.
- Date of release
- 1942-07-31
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Western, Romance
- Director
- George Sherman
Casting
- Don 'Red' Barry — Jerry Holden
- Lynn Merrick — Dorothy Russell
- Robert Homans — Marshal Thomas Holden
- John James — Tommy Holden
- Joel Friedkin — Uriah Martin
- Rand Brooks — Philip Martin
- Stuart Hamblen — Smoke Denton
- Robert McKenzie — Judge Tater
- Slim Andrews — Panamint
- Anne O'Neal — Mrs. Barnett
Interesting facts
The Sombrero Kid is a 1942 American Western film directed by George Sherman, written by Norman S. Hall, and starring Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Robert Homans, John James, Joel Friedkin and Rand Brooks. It was released on July 31, 1942, by Republic Pictures.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- The Fighting Kentuckian 1949 · ★ 6.0
- Barbarosa 1982 · ★ 5.9
- A Man Called Sledge 1970 · ★ 6.1
- Mackenna's Gold 1969 · ★ 6.6
- Day of Reckoning 2025 · ★ 5.9
- Decision at Sundown 1957 · ★ 6.4
- Gunslingers 2025 · ★ 6.1
- Dead for a Dollar 2022 · ★ 5.8
- Death of a Gunfighter 1969 · ★ 6.3
- Barquero 1970 · ★ 6.2
- The Warrior's Way 2010 · ★ 6.6
- American Outlaws 2001 · ★ 5.9