The Gay Amigo
Original film poster
Directed by	Wallace Fox
Written by	Doris Schroeder
Based on	O. Henry (character)
Produced by	Philip N. Krasne
Starring	Duncan Renaldo Leo Carrillo Armida
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Edited by	Martin G. Cohn
Music by	Albert Glasser
Production company	Inter-American Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	1949 (1949)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Gay Amigo is a 1949 American Western film starring Duncan Renaldo in the lead role of The Cisco Kid. This film was one entry in a series of Cisco Kid B Westerns^[1] produced by Philip N. Krasne. Ziv Television Programs later advanced money to Krasne in order to purchase the television rights for the Cisco Kid.^[2] Krasne later produced The O. Henry Playhouse.

Plot

Cisco and Pancho are at the border of the Arizona Territory and Mexico where they see a platoon of U.S. Cavalry pursuing what looks to be a band of bandidos. Escaping to Mexico, one of the bandidos falls off his horse. Cisco and Pancho see that not only is he dead, but he is actually a Norteamericano in charro costume. Cisco and Pancho use the U.S. Army, the local newspaper, a bar girl and a variety of respectable American citizens by playing them off against each other to discover the Americans attempting to blame Mexicans for stopping Arizona Statehood.

Cast

• Duncan Renaldo as The Cisco Kid
• Leo Carillo as Pancho
• Armida as Rosita
• Fred Kohler Jr. as Brack
• Clayton Moore as Lieutenant
• Fred Crane as Henchman Duke