Movie · 1973
Kid Blue
“A funny thing happened to Kid Blue on the way to the robbery.”
Released 31 January 1973 100 min Comedy / Western More from 1973 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
José Torvay
as Old Coyote
Mary Jackson
as Mrs. Evans
Ben Johnson
as Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson
Clifton James
as Mr. Hendricks
Warren Finnerty
as Wills
Warren Oates
as Reese Ford
Ralph Waite
as Drummer
Mel Stewart
as Blackman (as Melvin Stewart)
Janice Rule
as Janet Conforto
Owen Orr
as Train Robber #1
Peter Boyle
as Preacher Bob
Dennis Hopper
as Bickford Waner
Jack Starrett
as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
Jay Varela
as Mendoza
Richard Rust
as Train Robber #2
Howard Hesseman
as Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman)
Lee Purcell
as Molly Ford
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The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
63José Torvay — oldest on the call sheet
25Lee Purcell — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast