The Kid from Kansas

The Kid from Kansas
Directed byWilliam Nigh
Written byGriffin Jay
David Silverstein
Produced byBen Pivar
StarringLeo Carrillo
Dick Foran
Andy Devine
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Edited byArthur Hilton
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 19, 1941 (1941-09-19)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Kid from Kansas is a 1941 American action adventure film directed by William Nigh and starring Leo Carrillo, Dick Foran and Andy Devine.[1] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot

On a fictional island banana plantation owned by Juan Garcia Pancho, Foreman Andy befriends newcomer Kansas, but Pancho is leery of the stranger. Sabotage and seemingly bad luck befall Pancho and the other island plantation owners, coincidentally at the same time Kansas arrives on the scene. Fruit dealer Lee Walker announces a drop in prices. Before it can be taken to market, Pancho's entire crop is burned by an arsonist, and a plantation worker dies in the fire. The railroad tracks are destroyed and the workers call for a strike. Someone deliberately introduces an imported strain of banana fungus on all the plantations. Pancho is certain Kansas is involved. As things go from bad to worse, it is revealed that the chain of events were engineered by Walker, and that Kansas is a special undercover agent sent to investigate.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Fetrow p.250
  2. ^ "The Kid from Kansas". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

Bibliography

  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.


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