The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.
The Cisco Kid (Season 4)
Bodyguard (Episode 1)
Air date: 1953-10-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco and Pancho try to protect an old rancher who's carrying a sack full of money.
Pancho and the Wolf Dog (Episode 2)
Air date: 1953-10-08
Runtime: 30 min
Bullets and the Booby Trap (Episode 3)
Air date: 1953-10-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco and Pancho enlist the aid of the grandson of a female denizen of a ghost town taken hostage by a gang of payroll robbers because the grandson has at the ready a system of numerous ingenious booby traps ready to subdue the gang.
The Gramophone (Episode 4)
Air date: 1953-10-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco and Pancho attempt to thwart a crooked rancher's plan to fool a local tribe into assisting him in preventing construction of a railroad line through land the rancher wants to use.
Freedom of the Press (Episode 5)
Air date: 1953-10-29
Runtime: 30 min
Battle of Red Rock Pass (Episode 6)
Air date: 1953-11-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco and Pancho offer their assistance to a toll road guard.
Bandaged Badman (Episode 7)
Air date: 1953-11-12
Runtime: 30 min
Chinese Gold (Episode 8)
Air date: 1953-11-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco and Pancho go after a masked bandit who's been robbing a community of Chinese miners.
The Faded General (Episode 9)
Air date: 1953-11-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: On the trail of outlaws, Cisco and Pancho are captured and held prisoner by an unstable ex-general.
The Fugitive (Episode 10)
Air date: 1953-12-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: While searching for a severely ill Mexican child, Cisco and Pancho uncover a plot by a rancher to contaminate land with disease-infected animals so he can buy it cheap.
Indian Uprising (Episode 11)
Air date: 1953-12-10
Runtime: 30 min
The Raccoon Story (Episode 12)
Air date: 1953-12-17
Runtime: 30 min
Outlaw's Gallery (Episode 13)
Air date: 1953-12-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco and Pancho bait a trap for an outlaw gang plaguing a town.
The Black Terror (Episode 14)
Air date: 1953-12-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In an attempt to round up two rival bands of outlaws, Cisco wears a black mask and goes undercover as The Black Terror.
Sky Sign (Episode 15)
Air date: 1954-01-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: While purchasing provisions at a country store, Cisco and Pancho encounter an outlaw gang lead by an escaped convict.
Cisco Meets the Gorilla (Episode 16)
Air date: 1954-01-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A band of outlaws commits a series of robberies, while a sheriff and his deputy hunt down a gorilla on the loose.
Not Guilty (Episode 17)
Air date: 1954-01-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Pancho's nephew is the witness to a murder and identifies the killer, who is arrested. When the circuit judge arrives for the trial, he is actually one of the killer's friends, who is impersonating the real judge in an effort to free his buddy.
Rodeo (Episode 18)
Air date: 1954-01-28
Runtime: 30 min
Marriage By Mail (Episode 19)
Air date: 1954-02-04
Runtime: 30 min
The Iron Mask (Episode 20)
Air date: 1954-02-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: It's Cisco and Pancho to the rescue when outlaws abduct a sheriff and imprison the lawman in an iron mask.
Double Deal (Episode 21)
Air date: 1954-02-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In order to exact revenge against Cisco for having once put him in jail, a man commits a gold shipment holdup while disguised as the Cisco Kid.
Horseless Carriage (Episode 22)
Air date: 1954-02-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Pancho's nephew buys a new "horseless carriage", but finds himself in trouble when thieves use it as a getaway vehicle after they've robbed the bank.
The Steel Plow (Episode 23)
Air date: 1954-03-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A blacksmith attempts to invent an iron plow to till the hard earth. Ranchers believe farmers are stealing cattle to survive. After Cisco is injured he sends Pancho to investigate.
The Ventriloquist (Episode 24)
Air date: 1954-03-11
Runtime: 30 min
Powder Trail (Episode 25)
Air date: 1954-03-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco tries to save a town from bankruptcy.
Cisco Plays the Ghost (Episode 26)
Air date: 1954-03-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Cisco impersonates an apparition to trap a killer who is superstitious.
