Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
Richard H. Cutting
- Pete Maxwell
- (as Richard Cutting)
Gregg Barton
- Parson Ranch Hand
- (uncredited)
John Cason
- Nate - Posse Member
- (uncredited)
John Cliff
- Carl Trumble
- (uncredited)
Bill Coontz
- Garrett Posse Member
- (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
William Fawcett
- W.L. Parson
- (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
- Pedro
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Bernard Gordon(front John T. Williams)
- John T. Williams
- Janet Stevenson(originally uncredited)
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- GoofsPat Garrett is talking to Governor Wallace about his novel Ben Hur while the Lincoln County War was going on. The Lincoln County War was in 1878 the novel Ben Hur was published in 1880.
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Not Bad as a Romance, Not Great as a Billy the Kid Picture
William Castle made a fair number of Westerns before he discovered his niche in horror; blacklisted screenwriter Bernard Gordon would ultimately distinguish himself in science fiction. "The Law vs. Billy the Kid" is merely an example of two talents better at doing other things making a Western. The flat, artificial-looking sets commonly employed at Columbia were turned to surreal purposes in Castle's horror films merely look bland here; although cheaper in appearance, a PRC Western looks more like a Western than this does. Gordon has transformed Billy the Kid's big Western legend into a tidy romance; almost a chamber drama. But the treatment sacrifices some of the strong dramatic elements of that same story and also its irony, which is a replaced by a burning seriousness in the character of Billy that runs against type. Scott Brady is really too much of a manly he-man type to play Billy and is definitely too old for the part. Brady is the weakest element in the cast, which is generally good -- it's especially fun to see the beloved "Skipper" of Gilligan's Island play a sadistic jerk. I can think of a lot worse films -- even Westerns -- than this one; it's at least moderately entertaining. But the compromises made to the rich vein of source material from which it was draw, and in some other respects as well, makes the cost to the basic property a little too dear.
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- DLewis
- Mar 27, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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