Kid Blue

PG

1973

1 hr. 40 min.

Western

Comedy

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50%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

62%

100+ Ratings

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Outlaw Kid Blue (Dennis Hopper) decides to give up robbing trains and go straight. Moving to the small town of Dime Box, Texas, under the name of Bickford Warner, he takes any honest work he can find. With the help of a preacher (Peter Boyle) and Reese Ford (Warren Oates), a friend he makes at the local factory, it seems that Bickford may finally be turning his life around. But for Bickford, hard work just may be too hard, especially when there are plenty of trains to rob.

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Ashley H

Kid Blue is an okay film. It is about Texas train robber Kid Blue who goes straight. Dennis Hopper and Warren Oates give decent performances. The script is a little slow in places. James Frawley did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/10/23

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Good cast of then unknowns who went on to be stars or well know character actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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delysid d

i enjoyed the film which is an obscure one

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/17/20

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A very humble movie about an outlaw played by Dennis Hopper who gets a job and tries to play it straight, but the sheriff gives him a hard time. I really liked watching Hopper act in this one. It's simple, but sweet. One thing that stands out, he makes a friend at town but his wife turns out to be pretty crazy and causes some interesting drama. It's cute but scary at the same time because there are plenty of people who like to play mind games like that.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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<b>Bickford</b>:<i> ''I aint got no gun, I aint got no wife, all I've got is a bed and board, and a job. And I'm tryin' to be as good a citizen as I can.''</i> <b>Sheriff</b>: <i>''Well now, that's the kinda story I like to hear, tell me that every time I ask ya and I wont havta shoot ya.''</i> - Kid Blue is one interesting western film. We've got The Kid himself trying to fend for his own in town after leaving his outlandishly con-life as a train robber. But things are pretty difficult in town, hard work takes place, and trying to fit in - but let us just say he runs into a bit of variables... or say, some trouble with the ol townsfolk and it's just not so easy. Will The Kid fit in and live a normal life? Or will he lead back to his old ways? Well, this film is indefinitely a fun, entertaining flick. With some pretty cool characters, and decent performances. The story is quite interesting and it kept me entertained all the way through with its absurd and odd occurrences, but it's all good. Pretty funny at times as well. I basically enjoyed it, and it is all good fun. It's watchable, and it is definitely worth checking out if you have the chance!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Great cast in this counterculture western, featuring some genuinely great character work by Oates, Ben Johnson bastarding it up as a sheriff provocateur, and Peter Boyle as a pill-poppin' inventor evangelist. The anti-modern, rebel subtext is none too subtle - but fairly well executed, pacey fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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James Frawley

Director

Dennis Hopper

Bickford Waner

Warren Oates

Reese Ford

Peter Boyle

Preacher Bob

Ben Johnson

Sheriff "Mean John" Simpson

Lee Purcell

Molly Ford

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Perry Stewart

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Best yet of the current genre of off-beat Westerns, this whimsical examination of technology and conformity in Dime Box, Texas, 1902, showcases some of the finest acting and writing you’ll see this year.

Jun 14, 2022

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J. Hoberman

Village Voice

Kid Blue has a meandering jug band sensibility and a premise hilariously relevant to Hopper's situation.

Aug 15, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Kid Blue is a well-meaning, liberal, anti-fascist Western, dressed up with some good performances by Peter Boyle, Lee Purcell and Janice Rule. But it's not a very good movie.

Rated: 2/5

May 9, 2005

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John Hofsess

Maclean's Magazine

Kid Blue is the kind of film you’ve seen even if you haven’t seen it. It’s not even a particularly brisk stirring of familiar movie making ingredients.

Jun 15, 2022

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It was a keen satire of the last of the frontier days, but its hipness failed to rub off on me.

Rated: C

Dec 12, 2001

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Synopsis

Outlaw Kid Blue (Dennis Hopper) decides to give up robbing trains and go straight. Moving to the small town of Dime Box, Texas, under the name of Bickford Warner, he takes any honest work he can find. With the help of a preacher (Peter Boyle) and Reese Ford (Warren Oates), a friend he makes at the local factory, it seems that Bickford may finally be turning his life around. But for Bickford, hard work just may be too hard, especially when there are plenty of trains to rob.

Director: James Frawley
Screenwriter: Bud Shrake
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Western, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2010

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