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Directed by William Nigh Music by H. J. Salter Release date 1941 (1941) Director William Nigh Costume design Vera West | 6/10 IMDb Produced by Ben Pivar Edited by Arthur Hilton Initial release 19 September 1941 Cinematography John W. Boyle Distributed by Universal Pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Leo Carrillo, Dick Foran, Andy Devine Cast Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Dick Foran Similar Danger in the Pacific, Escape from Hong Kong, Horror Island, Murder with Music, Step Down to Terror | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Kid from Kansas is a 1941 American drama set on a fictional island banana plantation owned by Juan Garcia Pancho (Leo Carrillo). Foreman Andy (Andy Devine) befriends newcomer Kansas (Dick Foran), but Pancho is leery of the stranger. Sabotage and seemingly bad luck befall Pancho and the other island plantation owners, coincidentally at the same time Kansas arrives on the scene. Fruit dealer Lee Walker (James Seay) announces a drop in prices. Before it can be taken to market, Pancho's entire crop is burned by an arsonist, and a plantation worker dies in the fire. The railroad tracks are destroyed and the workers call for a strike. Someone deliberately introduces an imported strain of banana fungus on all the plantations. Pancho is certain Kansas is involved. As things go from bad to worse, it is revealed that the chain of events were engineered by Walker, and that Kansas is a special undercover agent sent to investigate.