Billy the Kid Outlawed
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Billy the Kid Outlawed is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Oliver Drake. It stars Bob Steele as gunfighter "Billy the Kid", Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones and Carleton Young as Jeff Travis, with Louise Currie and John Merton. The film was released on July 20, 1940, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]
Billy the Kid Outlawed | |
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Directed by | Sam Newfield (as Peter Stewart) |
Screenplay by | Oliver Drake |
Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
Starring | Bob Steele Al St. John Carleton Young Louise Currie John Merton |
Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
Production company | Sigmund Neufeld Productions |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
It is the first film in the 1940-1946 "Billy the Kid" film series, which spanned 42 movies—six starring Bob Steele, and the rest starring Buster Crabbe. Steele was replaced in 1941 with Billy the Kid Wanted.[3]
The series also starred Al St. John as the Lone Rider's sidekick, "Fuzzy" Jones, who appeared in all 42 films. At the same time that he was appearing in the "Billy the Kid" films, St. John was also playing the same character as the Lone Rider's sidekick in PRC's "Lone Rider" series, which ran from 1941-1943.[4] Carleton Young also played Billy's friend Jeff Travis in the first five movies.[5]