Billy the Kid Outlawed

1940 0h 52m EN

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MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Western

Synopsis

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In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1972, where Sam Daly and Pete Morgan operate a general store. Daly expects to be elected sheriff and he and Morgan intend to bring off a final big coup and then disappear. To further their plans, they have local ranchers such as the Bennett brothers killed. Billy Bonney and his friends Fuzzy Jones and Jeff Travis, driving a cattle herd and friends of the Bennetts,engage in a gun battle with the killers that frightens the stage horses. Billy gives chase and rescues Judge Fitzgerald and his daughter Molly. The judge has been sent by Washington's Department of Justice to take over the law enforcement in Lincoln County, but is murdered by the Daly/Morgan henchman. Sheriff Long deputizes Billy and his friends to bring in the killers, but Daly is elected sheriff, and promptly brands Billy, Jeff and Fuzzy as outlaws. Billy, now known as Billy the Kid, retaliates by ...

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Cast

Bob Steele
Billy the Kid
Louise Currie
Molly Fitzgerald
Al St. John
Fuzzy Jones
Carleton Young
Jeff Travis
John Merton
Lije Ellis
Joe McGuinn
Pete Morgan
Ted Adams
Sam Daly
Walter McGrail
Judge Fitzgerald

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: Oliver Drake
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 52-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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86 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Bob Steele and Louise Currie and Al St. John carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0162197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Sam Newfield directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 52-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
286 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Bob Steele and Louise Currie and Al St. John carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0162197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.