My Pal, the King

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My Pal, the King ★★½ 1932

Amusing western with Rooney as the boy king of Ruritania, who's bored with his official duties. He meets Mix, the proprietor of a traveling wild west show which just happens to be performing in the country. Good thing too because Rooney has an evil prime minister who wants the throne for himself and kidnaps the kid. Naturally, Mix and his friends arrive to save him in the nick of time. 62m/B VHS . Tom Mix, Mickey Rooney, Stuart Holmes, Paul Hurst, Noel Francis, James Kirkwood, Jim Thorpe, Clarissa Selwynne; D: Kurt Neumann; W: Jack Natteford, Thomas J. Crizer; C: Daniel B. Clark.

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