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Kid Blue
“A funny thing happened to Kid Blue on the way to the robbery.”
69%
Movie
1h 40m
AI Analysis
Kid Blue (1973) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Kid Blue (1973) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Western with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it rev… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~100 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Kid Blue 69% (18 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
69%
from 18 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1973-01-31
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- TMDB rating
- 6.9
- TMDB ID
- 154073
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Where can I watch Kid Blue (1973)?
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Is there an official trailer for Kid Blue?
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What is Kid Blue about?
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, bu... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Kid Blue?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie Kid Blue?
The official runtime for Kid Blue is approximately 100 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Dennis Hopper
Bickford Waner

Warren Oates
Reese Ford

Peter Boyle
Preacher Bob

Ben Johnson
Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson

Lee Purcell
Molly Ford

Janice Rule
Janet Conforto

Ralph Waite
Drummer

Clifton James
Mr. Hendricks

José Torvay
Old Coyote

Mary Jackson
Mrs. Evans
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Jay Varela
Mendoza

Jack Starrett
Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)

Warren Finnerty
Wills

Owen Orr
Train Robber #1

Richard Rust
Train Robber #2

Howard Hesseman
Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman)

M. Emmet Walsh
Barber
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Henry Smith
Joe Cloudmaker
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