The Kissing Bandit is a 1948 American comedy musical Western film directed by László Benedek.

In the 19th century, Ricardo rides from Boston to California to inherit what he thinks is his deceased father's former job as an innkeeper.

She performs a dance with a bullwhip ("I Like You") and invites a kiss but he nervously rebuffs her, saying that he has to "put a flower in some water".

Chico is also planning to rob the governor's stockpile of taxes, and gives Ricardo a pep talk about women when he realizes that the Kissing Bandit's reputation will suffer otherwise.

The real Belmonte and Torro arrive and identify Ricardo and Chico, who are immediately arrested and are slated to be executed at dawn.

"[5] On an episode of the radio show, Light Up Time, Sinatra referred to himself as "star of The Kissing Bandit, the script of which somebody should have put a match to.

"[citation needed] On December 10, 1950, a 19-year-old Estonian Australian immigrant named Peeter Pedaja hijacked a motorcycle while brandishing a toy gun somewhere on the road near Gympie, Queensland.

Heading farther south, he forced a car to stop between Landsborough and Nambour, and demanded money from the driver before speeding off, eventually being arrested by Queensland police.

[6][7] Pedaja was released on a suspended sentence, and was eventually proclaimed "The Kissing Bandit in Real Life" by the Australian media.