Fugitive of the Plains

"HE'S FIGHTIN' A GUN-TOTIN' GAL...A Lawless Lass Puts A Noose Around Buster's Neck...But The Rope Was Never Pulled!"

1943 0h 56m EN

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5.3

MID

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5.3

IMDB

★5.3TMDB · 6★5.3IMDB · 105

Western

Synopsis

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Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.

“HE'S FIGHTIN' A GUN-TOTIN' GAL...A Lawless Lass Puts A Noose Around Buster's Neck...But The Rope Was Never Pulled!”

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Cast

Buster Crabbe
Billy the Kid
Al St. John
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Maxine Leslie
Kate Shelly
Jack Ingram
Dillon
Kermit Maynard
Spence
Karl Hackett
Sam Packard
Hal Price
Dave Connelly
George Chesebro
Baxter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: George Wallace Sayre
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Fun facts 🍿

1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Maxine Leslie carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "HE'S FIGHTIN' A GUN-TOTIN' GAL...A Lawless Lass Puts A Noose Around Buster's Neck...But The Rope Was Never Pulled!".

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035908 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

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 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
283 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Maxine Leslie carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "HE'S FIGHTIN' A GUN-TOTIN' GAL...A Lawless Lass Puts A Noose Around Buster's Neck...But The Rope Was Never Pulled!".
7IMDB entry: tt0035908 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 56 min · 0h 56m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 105 votes
MPAA: Approved

Part of

Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection

The Western outlaw as played by Buster Crabbe. Starting in 1943, the character was named Billy Carson

Also by

Sam Newfield

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-02-22
★ 5/10
For me, Buster Crabbe will always be “Buck Rogers” or “Flash Gordon” so seeing him here toting a six-shooter doesn’t quite work. To be fair, though, he isn’t the worst aspect of this pretty mediocre story. He is “Billy the Kid” who is being falsely accused of being involved with a menacing gang of outlaws lead by “Kate” (Maxine Leslie). Someone is leaving notes for the sheriff (Karl Hackett) in his name and so he’s prime suspect for robbery when the stage sets off. What he doesn’t know is that he’s being set up - but by whom and why? It does try to pack quite a bit of story into this, but the production is all very basic and barring a few expertly choreographed tumbling moments from Al St.John is all instantly forgettable as the static Crabbe isn’t a natural at all and Leslie is no Barbara Stanwyck. Kills an hour, though.

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