Cyclone Fury (1951)
Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette come through high...wide...and then some for the U.S. Army
Genre : Western
Runtime : 53M
Director : Ray Nazarro
Synopsis
A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier Durango effort, Galloping Thunder (1946), footage that included sidekick Smiley Burnette warbling "Hear the Wind (Singing a Cowboy Song)" accompanied by Merle Travis and his Bronco Busters.
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