Kid Blue

Kid Blue

100 mins | Comedy, Western | Jan. 31, 1973

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.

Kid Blue

100 mins | Comedy, Western | Jan. 31, 1973

Kid Blue
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Kid Blue
Directors Lynn A. Aber, Anthony Ray, James Frawley
Writers Bud Shrake

Cast

Dennis Hopper

as Bickford Waner

Warren Oates

as Reese Ford

Peter Boyle

as Preacher Bob

Ben Johnson

as Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson

Lee Purcell

as Molly Ford

Janice Rule

as Janet Conforto

Ralph Waite

as Drummer

Clifton James

as Mr. Hendricks

José Torvay

as Old Coyote

Mary Jackson

as Mrs. Evans

Jay Varela

as Mendoza

Jack Starrett

as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)

Warren Finnerty

as Wills

Owen Orr

as Train Robber #1

Richard Rust

as Train Robber #2

Howard Hesseman

as Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman)

M. Emmet Walsh

as Barber

Henry Smith

as Joe Cloudmaker

Bobby Hall

as Bartender

Mel Stewart

as Blackman (as Melvin Stewart)

Eddy Donno

as Huey