Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
Kid Blue has generally received positive reviews.
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Kid Blue was released in 1973 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 7 reviews, giving Kid Blue (1973) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 68% and users giving an average score of 65%.
With a score of 62%, Kid Blue is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1973, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1973 with similar scores include films like Double Indemnity and Shock Treatment.
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