Fargo Kid

Tim holt, in .... a western! With ray whitley. And his band, of course. Fargo is on his way to micaville, and meets a shady character along the road. When he gets to town, they mistake him for someone else. And for some reason, fargo goes along with it. Which gets him into big trouble later. The usual neatly pressed outfits, and misunderstandings. Not the tightest storyline. Co-stars jane drummond, cy kendall. It's a B shortie film from RKO... only 63 minutes. A couple songs by ray whitley's band. I'll give this one an "okay". Nothing fancy. Directed by ed killy. Story by w. Tuttle. Sadly, tim holt, jane drummond and cy kendall all died young.

It's an agreeably boyish Tim Holt as the Kid, reminding me somewhat of a young Roy Rogers. The plot's fairly standard, bad guys wanting to get gold-bearing land from farmer and his family. But there're some nice touches, such as the sheriff discombobulated by the annoying singing, or the rug pull during the crooked card draw. However, unlike some guys, I wouldn't want the towering Glen Strange (the sheriff) mad at me. Anyway, there's some hard riding amid familiar LA area locale, along with a pretty good brawl, but not much gunplay,. Too bad we don't see more of the pretty girl (Drummond) instead of all the ugly guys. This may be the only oater I've seen with two comics instead of one. Actually, the programmer's a pretty good blend of typical humor plus cowboy roughhouse. I may be wrong, but it looks like Holt's having a good time making the movie. All in all, it's agreeable matinée fare for front-row kids of all ages.

I cannot recommend this movie. Tim Holt smiles or grins almost continuously in every scene. Like he is in a grade school play. His youth is very apparent. The two lead bad guys (Ernie Adams and Cy Kendall) are just doofus. Emmett Lynn and Ray Whitley are doofus. Nothing funny here in my opinion. And the plot was a mess. I love B-westerns and have at least a thousand of them, but this one ranks low on my list to watch again. The "Made on Demand" disc from Warner Brothers Archives has many little pixelations in the picture. Once the disc froze to the point I had to turn the player off and then on again in order to finish watching the movie.

The title role of The Fargo Kid was played by Tim Holt who after catching Paul Fix cheating in a game of cards on the trail takes his horse and rides into town. But Paul Fix in addition to being a gambler does contract killings on the side and he's taken a contract from assayer Cy Kendall and henchman Ernie Adams to kill Paul Scardon and steal the claim Scardon has.

Scardon doesn't know he's feet away from a rich vein of gold and that's why he has a target on his back. But when Kendall and Adams mistake Holt for the infamous Deuce Mallory that's when the fun starts.

This B western from RKO is laced with some nice comedy and a few forgettable western tunes sung by Ray Whitely and is trio. Holt though he showed he was capable of more always settled back into the comfortable niche of cowboy hero.

That's because he was so good at it as he is in The Fargo Kid.