The Man From Texas

(1948)

79 min.

Directed by Leigh Jason

Cast:  James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston

Western

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the ‘El Paso Kid’, and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe (Bari).  Throughout the film he tells his wife “just one more time”, but is unable to stop, angering Zoe greatly.  However, he does have brief moments of heroics when he helps the Widow Weeks (Merkel) save her farm.  This was Eagle-Lion Studios first ‘big-budget’ film.