Cisco Kid Movie Collection: South of Monterey (1946)

Directed by William Nigh and written by Charles S. Belden, this time The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) learns that Commandante Arturo (Martin Garralaga) and Bennet, a tax collector (Harry Woods), are stealing land from the poor. Can he play them against one another and return the land to the people who really deserve to live there?

Auturo’s sister Carmelita (Iris Flores) is going to marry one of those locals (Carlos Mandreno), but her brother really wants to marry her off to Bennet. Cisco decides that he’ll help these young kids in love, as he’s a sucker for romance.

Garralaga played Pancho in some of the movies with Duncan Renaldo such as Cisco Kid Returns, Cisco Kid In Old New Mexico and South of the Rio Grande, so it’s interesting to see him as a villain.

The Cisco Kid Western Movie Collection is available from VCI Entertainment. It has 13 movies and extras like two Cisco Kid TV episodes, interviews with Duncan Renaldo and Colonel Tim McCoy, and photo and poster galleries. You can get it from MVD.