The Kid Rides Again

"The Gang Wanted Hanging...BUT BILLY USED HIS GUNS TO CLEAN 'EM UP"

1943 0h 55m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 5

WesternActionAdventure

Synopsis

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Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.

“The Gang Wanted Hanging...BUT BILLY USED HIS GUNS TO CLEAN 'EM UP”

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Cast

Buster Crabbe
Billy the Kid
Al St. John
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Iris Meredith
Joan Ainsley
Glenn Strange
Tom Slade
Charles King
Vic Landeau
I. Stanford Jolley
Mort Slade
Edward Peil Sr.
John Ainsley
Ted Adams
Sundown Sheriff

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: Fred Myton, Fred Myton
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

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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CAST

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Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Iris Meredith carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Gang Wanted Hanging...BUT BILLY USED HIS GUNS TO CLEAN 'EM UP".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0036074 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 5 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 55-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.
4Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Iris Meredith carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The Gang Wanted Hanging...BUT BILLY USED HIS GUNS TO CLEAN 'EM UP".
6IMDB entry: tt0036074 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.