After trying to play it straight, an allegation associating him with a gang of bandits pushes Murphy back into a life of crime, and though he tries to clear his name at first, it seems that nothing can overwhelm the power of a bad reputation. Für einen gemütlichen Sonntagnachmittag mit Schläfchen ist "The Cimarron Kid" aber noch gut geeignet. He is such a natural actor he never hits a false note in any of his performances. The girl promises to wait. In addition to those mentioned above we have James Best, Gregg Palmer (aka Palmer Lee), Rand Brooks and William Reynolds as the other Daltons, as well as, Yvette Duguay as Best's girlfriend Rose, John Bromfield, Richard Garland and Frank Silvera as Dalton Gang members and Tristram Coffin as a womanizer/gambler.The boyish looking Murphy was developing into a competent actor by this time and would enjoy a long career at Universal making these excellent little westerns. It’s fairly straightforward, and very little of interest happens – a group of a very similar looking young white man, who walk, talk, dress and sound the same spend a lot of time sitting in caves talking before going out on carelessly planned and frequently botched robberies. A tomboy frontier lawyer finds an outlaw and his son hiding out from a false murder charge. But there's a troublemaker in the gang, Red Buck (whose real name was George Waightman but that's not as cool as Red Buck I guess), who is played…, OUTSTANDING EARLY WESTERN FOR BOTH AUDIE MURPHY AND BUDD BOETTICHER. [5], In the original script, Murphy's character died at the end of the movie. Also Notice the Strong Female Mexican Character (Yvette Duguay), as Important and Cunning as…. A paroled outlaw (Audie Murphy) tries to change for a rancher's daughter (Beverly Tyler), but the Dalton gang won't let him. The film was based on a story by Louis Stevens. Unfortunately, the train on which he is riding is held up by the notorious Dalton Gang (I always thought that there were four Daltons but this story has six). The Cimarron Kid is a 1952 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Audie Murphy and Beverly Tyler. "The Cimarron Kid" was another of Universal's great little 80 minute westerns based on legendary outlaws of the old west. Of course, being Audie Murphy, he has to have a backstory where he was framed and pushed into the Dalton gang by a crooked Railwayman. It's a surprisingly complicated (if not quite nuanced) role for Murphy, who is, admittedly, an odd favorite of mine. Entirely forgettable western B-movie, purporting to be the true story of a gang of train robbers and staring Audie Murphy. Doolin finds himself accused of helping the crime and winds up an outlaw. Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Early Boetticher western that's a bit better than average owing to the solid cast and a nice shootout set piece in the middle. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.