Broadcast
constantly
sometimes
once a
week
sometimes
3 times a
week By
Mutual,
between
1942 and
1956.
Western
Drama
mainly for
the young
ones or
maybe just
the young
at heart.
I say the
young at
heart,
because
The Cisco
Kid and
his
likeable
but simple
partner
Pancho
were a
couple of
lovable
rogues and
because
there was
usually a
lovely
senorita
around in
every
episode
who fell
madly in
love with
Sisco,
there may
well have
been an
element of
lady
listeners
included
in the
audience
rating
figures.
Here they
were,
these two
Mexican
bandits,
travelling
from
sunset to
sunset
(because
that’s
where they
always
road off
to at the
end of
each
episode)
robbing
the rich,
but I
wouldn’t
say giving
it to the
poor. At
least they
did it in
a kind and
humorous
way. It
was more a
question
of the
victim
being
relieved
of the
heavy
burden of
his or her
riches,
rather
than
having
some of
their
prized
possessions
taken away
from them.
Half the
fun in the
series was
listening
to Pancho
try to
explain in
his simple
Mexican
way that
the
sheriff’s
posse was
hard on
their
heels and
to quote
him, "Ceesco,
eef they
catch up
with us,
perhaps
they weel
keel us."
At the
beginning
The Cisco
Kid was
played by
Jackson
Beck then
later Jack
Mather
took over
the role.
Whilst
Pancho was
played
first by
Louis
Sorin then
by Harry
Lang.
Originally
the
Announcer
was
Michael
Rye and
the
Director
Jock
McGregor
and during
the days
of Jack
Mather and
Harry Lang
the
Producer
was J. C.
Lewis with
the series
being
written by
Larry
Hays.
