The Cisco Kid Comes to Television
The Cisco Kid began filming for television in 1950. O Henry, J Benton Cheney, and Barry Cohon were the writers and Duncan Renaldo moved from the silver screen to the small one to continue playing the lead role.
No longer was The Cisco Kid a swaggering outlaw with blood on his hands and evil in his heart; in the show, he was more akin to the Robin Hood films of early cinema. The character was there wherever the poor and downtrodden were being mistreated by the law or the establishment. It proved to be a hugely popular show from the day it began on TV.
