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In Old Arizona Details

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Warner Baxter, sporting a black mustache and a musical-comedy Mexican accent, stars as the Cisco Kid, the "Robin Hood of the Old West" created by O. Henry. Edmund Lowe co-stars as Cisco's "friendly enemy" Sgt. Mickey Dunne, the role that was originally to have gone to Raoul Walsh. Both men are madly in love with dusky beauty Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess), and in fact Cisco is so "far gone" that he composes a song in the girl's honor (actually, "My Tonia", first heard during the opening credits, was written by Fox studio tunesmiths Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva and Ray Henderson). Alas, Tonia ends up betraying Cisco to Sgt. Burke. But the crafty, cold-blooded Cisco arranges for Tonia to be killed in the trap set for him (this plot resolution is faithful to O. Henry's original conception of the Cisco Kid, who wasn't really meant to be a "good guy"). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Awards

Awarded by
Nominee
Category
Year
Status
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Arthur Edeson Best Cinematography 1928 Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Irving Cummings Best Director 1928 Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Warner Baxter Best Actor 1928 Winner

Cast

Warner Baxter
as Cisco Kid
Edmund Lowe
as Sgt. Mickey Dunn
Dorothy Burgess
as Tonia Maria
John Farrell MacDonald
as Tad
Fred Warren
as Piano player
Henry Armetta
as Barber
Frank Campeau
as Cowpuncher
Tom Santschi
as Cowpuncher
Pat Hartigan
as Cowpuncher
Roy Stewart
as Commandant
Soledad Jiminez
as Cook
Helen Lynch
as Woman
James Marcus
as Blacksmith
Duke Martin
as Cowboy
Alphonse Ethier
as Sheriff
Chris-Pin Martin
Ivan Linow
as Russian Immigrant
James Bradbury
Joe E. Brown
as Bartender

Crew

Irving Cummings
Director
Raoul Walsh
Director
Arthur Edeson
Cinematographer
Ray Henderson
Songwriter
Buddy G. DeSylva
Songwriter
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