Product Details

• Actors: Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick, John James, Joel Friedkin, Rand Brooks
• Format: Black & White, Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Simitar Entertainmen
• VHS Release Date: June 9, 1993
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6302815746
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,957 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Don "Red" Barry B-Western Series ... The Sombrero Kid (1942) ... VCI Home Video", October 29, 2006

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This review is from: Sombrero Kid [VHS] (VHS Tape)

VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present "THE SOMBRERO KID" (1942) (54 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- relive those thrilling days when Don "Red" Barry took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time... the Don "Red" Barry series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s ... don't miss any of the Don "Red" Barry features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.

Under George Sherman (Director / Producer), Norman Hall (Screenwriter), Doris Schroeder (Short Story Author), Eddy White (Short Story Author), William Bradford (Cinematographe), r Cy Feuer (Musical Direction/Supervision), William P. Thompson (Editor), Russell Kimball (Art Director) ------ the cast includes Don "Red" Barry (Jerry Holden), Lynn Merrick (Dorothy Russell), John James (Tommy Holden), Joel Friedkin (Uriah Martin), Rand Brooks (Phillip Martin), Robert E. Homans (Tom Holden), Stuart Hamblen (Smoke Denton), Slim Andrews (Panamint), I. Stanford Jolley (Taggart), Frank Brownlee (Mayor Lem Barnett), Anne O'Neal - Mrs. Barnett), Pascale Perry (Hunt), Bill Telaak (bartender), Edward Cassidy (Sheriff Walker), Hank Bell (courtroom spectator), Kenne Duncan (Pete) . . . . . . our story and plotline has the Marshal's son Don "Red" Barry working his way into the confidence of the local outlaws of the territory who have murdered his father the Marshal ... Joel Friedkin is working against anyone who stands in the way of a goldmine discovered on the Marshals property ... great to see Rand Brooks and I. Stanford Jolley in this Republic oater with sagebrush in every corner of the studio lot, making this a fitting location for blue ribbon film ... one can only hope to see more of our heroine Lynn Merrick in future Barry B-Westerns ... big surprise to see Stuart Hamblen (country gospel songwriter) featured as the main villain and giving an outstanding accounting for himself ----- another great B-Western for Don "Red" Barry under the Republic Picture banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Don 'Red' Barry (aka: Donald Barry De Acosta)
Date of birth: 11 January 1912 - Houston, Texas, USA
Date of death: 17 July 1980 - Hollywood, California,
2. Stuart Hamblen (aka: Carl Stuart Hamblen)
Date of birth: 20 October 1908 - Kellyville, Texas
Date of death: 8 March 1989 - Santa Monica, California
3. George Sherman (Director)
Date of birth: 14 July 1908 - New York
Date of death: 15 March 1991 - Los Angeles County, California

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "The Sombrero Kid" (1942) - Don "Red" Barry, the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 54 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Home Video ~ (11/20/1997)