About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. Bodyguard
Aired 1 October 1953 • 30 min
Cisco and Pancho try to protect an old rancher who's carrying a sack full of money.
2. Pancho and the Wolf Dog
Aired 8 October 1953 • 30 min
3. Bullets and the Booby Trap
Aired 15 October 1953 • 30 min
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.
4. The Gramophone
Aired 22 October 1953 • 30 min
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.
5. Freedom of the Press
Aired 29 October 1953 • 30 min
6. Battle of Red Rock Pass
Aired 5 November 1953 • 30 min
Cisco and Pancho offer their assistance to a toll road guard.
7. Bandaged Badman
Aired 12 November 1953 • 30 min
8. Chinese Gold
Aired 19 November 1953 • 30 min
Cisco and Pancho go after a masked bandit who's been robbing a community of Chinese miners.
9. The Faded General
Aired 26 November 1953 • 30 min
On the trail of outlaws, Cisco and Pancho are captured and held prisoner by an unstable ex-general.
10. The Fugitive
Aired 3 December 1953 • 30 min
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.
11. Indian Uprising
Aired 10 December 1953 • 30 min
12. The Raccoon Story
Aired 17 December 1953 • 30 min
13. Outlaw's Gallery
Aired 24 December 1953 • 30 min
Cisco and Pancho bait a trap for an outlaw gang plaguing a town.
14. The Black Terror
Aired 31 December 1953 • 30 min
In an attempt to round up two rival bands of outlaws, Cisco wears a black mask and goes undercover as The Black Terror.
15. Sky Sign
Aired 7 January 1954 • 30 min
While purchasing provisions at a country store, Cisco and Pancho encounter an outlaw gang lead by an escaped convict.
16. Cisco Meets the Gorilla
Aired 14 January 1954 • 30 min
A band of outlaws commits a series of robberies, while a sheriff and his deputy hunt down a gorilla on the loose.
17. Not Guilty
Aired 21 January 1954 • 30 min
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.
18. Rodeo
Aired 28 January 1954 • 30 min
19. Marriage By Mail
Aired 4 February 1954 • 30 min
20. The Iron Mask
Aired 11 February 1954 • 30 min
It's Cisco and Pancho to the rescue when outlaws abduct a sheriff and imprison the lawman in an iron mask.
21. Double Deal
Aired 18 February 1954 • 30 min
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.
22. Horseless Carriage
Aired 25 February 1954 • 30 min
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.
23. The Steel Plow
Aired 4 March 1954 • 30 min
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.
24. The Ventriloquist
Aired 11 March 1954 • 30 min
25. Powder Trail
Aired 18 March 1954 • 30 min
Cisco tries to save a town from bankruptcy.
26. Cisco Plays the Ghost
Aired 25 March 1954 • 30 min
Cisco impersonates an apparition to trap a killer who is superstitious.