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RETURN OF THE CHEYENNE KID
HISTORY
The main characters in this movie are based on real life
people/characters from the past.
HISTORY
by
Mitch Toney
In 1945 a young actor named Al Larue changed his name to “Lash” and
was picked to play the part of “The Cheyenne Kid” in SONG OF WYOMING.
An Eddie Dean western where the “Kid” was on the wrong side of the
law, has a change of heart, but dies making right his wrongs.
This should have been the end of “The Cheyenne Kid,” but fan mail
flooded into the studio asking for more of the “man in black.”
Lash tried other western roles, but the fans wanted him back as Cheyenne.
He would in most of his films play federal marshal “Cheyenne Davis”
who would go undercover as “The Cheyenne Kid” to get inside outlaw gangs.
By the late 1950’s the “B” westerns began to fade and so did the
films of “The Cheyenne Kid” and his sidekick “Fuzzy” (Played by Al St.
Johns.)
During the late 1960 thru early 1970’s Charlton Comics ran a title
called “The Cheyenne Kid.”
This had nothing in common with the Lash Larue
character. The comic “Cheyenne”
was a half breed Cheyenne Indian and former army scout who wore an army jacket,
white pants, fringe boots, and a turned up hat (More like Fuzzy’s.).
The western comic by the 1970’s had gone the way of the “B” western
movies.
“The Cheyenne Kid” was chosen by Mitch Toney as the hero for his
updated 2002 television pilot. Mitch
had heard through many sources the outcry for the return of a wholesome western
show. He knew he’d have to steer
away from the gunplay for today’s politically correct censors.
Lash, using the bullwhip as his primary weapon, seemed the logical
choice. He also knew that kids
relate to other kids in television programs.
So his story not only updated us on the later day Cheyenne, played by
Lash look-alike Bob Wallace, but added Tommy and Lizzy, the niece and nephew of
Cheyenne’s sidekick Fuzzy.
Click on any of the links below to learn
more...
Cheyenne Kid/Lash Larue BIO
Lash Larue FILMOGRAPHY
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