dressed up in Maria's clothes in an effort to disguise himself from Dunn, while Maria is actually in the Cisco Kid's clothes riding away. Dunn receives this fake letter, believing it to be from Maria. When the Cisco Kid leaves her house, Dunn shoots Maria, believing her to be the Cisco Kid in disguise. Now farther away, the Cisco Kid laments that "[Maria's] flirting days are over, and she can finally settle down". He then makes his escape. Cast Warner Baxter as the Cisco Kid Edmund Lowe as Sergeant Mickey Dunn Dorothy Burgess as Tonia Maria Production Raoul Walsh was set to direct the film and star as the Cisco Kid, but had to abandon the project when a jackrabbit jumped through the windshield of a vehicle he was driving; the resulting wreck cost Walsh an eye. He never acted again, but continued his successful career as a film director. Awards and nominations At the 2nd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for five awards—Outstanding Picture; Best Director (Irving Cummings); Best Actor (Warner Baxter); Best Writing (Tom Barry)—tied for the most of the year with The Patriot; and Best Cinematography (Arthur Edeson). In a ceremony where no film won more than one award, only Warner Baxter's Best Actor nomination was successful. Preservation The Academy Film Archive preserved In Old Arizona in 2004. See also List of films with the most Oscars per ceremony References External links 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films Adaptations of works by O. Henry American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Cisco Kid 1920s English-language films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Irving Cummings Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award-winning performance Films set in Arizona Films shot in California Films shot in Utah Films shot in the Mojave Desert Fox Film films Transitional sound Western (genre) films 1920s American films