Kid Blue

Kid Blue is a 1973 American Comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Lee Purcell, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson.

Kid Blue
Directed by	James Frawley
Written by	Bud Shrake (as Edwin Shrake)
Produced by	Marvin Schwartz
Starring	Dennis Hopper Warren Oates Peter Boyle Ben Johnson
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Stefan Arnsten
Music by	Tim McIntire John Rubinstein
Color process	Color by DeLuxe
Production company	Marvin Schwartz Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 1973 (1973-05)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million[1]

Plot

Bickford Waner, who has failed as a train robber, decides to go straight and get an honest job. He arrives in Dime Box, Texas, to find work. He is befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly. Molly seduces Bickford into getting her pregnant and making her husband miserable.

Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto tracks him down and reveals to Reese and Molly that Bickford is a train robber known as Kid Blue. Bickford returns to his old ways and plots a crime.

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
• Jose Torvay as Old Coyote
• Mary Jackson as Mrs. Evans
• Jay Varela as Mendoza
• Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. as Tough Guy
• Warren Finnerty as Wills
• Owen Orr as Train Robber #1
• Richard Rust as Train Robber #2
• Howard Hessman as Confectionary Man
• M. Emmet Walsh as The Barber
• Bobby Hall as The Bartender
• Melvin Stewart as Blackman
• Eddy Donno as Huey

See also

• List of American films of 1973