Product Details

• Actors: Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carillo
• Directors: Albert Herman, Eddie Davis (II), Leslie Goodwins, Lew Landers, Lambert Hillyer
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Closed-captioned
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MPI Home Video
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Run Time: 510 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00016MCA4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,924 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Cisco Kid - Collection 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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CISCO KID VOL 1 - DVD Movie

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness it's so entertaining, April 2, 2004

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Steven W. Hill "Owner of shillpages.com" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cisco Kid - Collection 1 (DVD)

A remarkably entertaining series, thanks almost entirely to the performances, chemistry, warmth, and humor of the two leads, Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo. I had very fond memories of watching this on Sunday morning reruns in the 1970s, and I was very pleasantly surprised to discover that I was enjoying this DVD release even more than I'd expected to! I also realized a few other things - like how Carillo's expression "Let's went" (instead of "Let's go") had entered into my own vocabulary, and how fun Pancho's dialogue often was in general (listen to his wonderful song at the beginning of the episode "Convict Story" for example). For content, this DVD release (20 different episodes) rates a 5 out of 5.

Now for the bad news. This show was shot and aired in the early 1950s. The picture quality of the episodes on DVD is not very good. It's certainly not terrible, but I'd describe the picture as very soft (almost blurry), with some tint problems (it looks like they tried to fix the color and probably did the best they could, but it's still off - whites have a slightly greenish tint to them, for example). The prints used are fairly clean, at least. But prepare yourself before buying - you might be disappointed with the picture and sound quality, especially considering the price of the set. The quality rates a 3 out of 5, and that's being generous.

However, these shows are so fun and entertaining, I'm happy to accept these as "the best they could do with what they had" and just watch them with a big grin on my face. Oh, Pancho! Oh, Cisco!

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY - NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE CISCO, April 3, 2004

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Yarby "yarby" (Medina, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cisco Kid - Collection 1 (DVD)

I am not going to be as kind as the previous poster concerning the picture quality of this set. It is downright appalling....something to possibly be expected from a bargain bin Madacy release, but not for a $40+ set!!!!

The picture is so out-of-focus, it is of a quality of a third generation VHS tape.

Compare this to Rhino's "Lone Ranger" release [which I own], and you will be even more appalled.

Avoid this set at all costs.

Thanks to Amazon, though, for giving me a refund without a hassle.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Show But Poor Quality DVD, April 8, 2004

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James D. Paul - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cisco Kid - Collection 1 (DVD)

I was very disappointed with the Cisco Kid Collection 1. I have fond memories of the old series and jumped at the chance to own it on DVD. The video quality is appallingly bad. The main title sequence is blurry. The quality of each episode varies from scene to scene, and sometimes it varies within the same scene from one camera shot to the next. For the price at which this collection is being sold, I expected the episodes to be digitally restored. This series deserves to have the same quality of restoration as the Lone Ranger collection. Maybe someone will do that one day.