The Cowboy Kid

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The Cowboy Kid

"Love Laughs at Bandits in a Western Romance"

1928

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Western

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Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughter.

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7 members

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Rex Bell

Jim Barrett

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Brooks Benedict

Trig Morgan

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Alice Belcher

Lilly Langton

Directing

Joseph De Grasse

John Grover

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Syd Crossley

Sheriff

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Billy Bletcher

Deputy Sheriff

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Mary Jane Temple

Janet Grover

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