Billy the Kid (1941)
2/10
Bio-Pic . 1940s Hollywood Style
24 July 2004
According to this movie the infamous outlaw " Billy The Kid " was left handed and his real name was William Bonney . This is correct . What isn`t correct in this movie is everything else . Bonney was in reality a violent sociopath and if he was born in the mid 20th century his name would be remembered in the same way as people remember Ted Bundy . Only in Hollywood can history be rewritten is such a laughable manner . There`s other instances during this movie that distorts history and facts

1 ) Getting shot in the hand causes mild irritation

2 ) Mexicans are really white people with dark make up on their faces

3 ) The wild west was full of singers

4 ) People still call you " kid " even when you`re obviously over 40 years old

There`s other inaccurate details but I couldn`t be bothered pointing them out ( Besides there`s a 1,000 word limit for reviews ) . I suppose what you think of this movie depends entirely on how you feel about Hollywood re-writing history . I hated every second of it and the only interest to me was the casting of Brian Donlevy and Lon Chaney Jr which is the closest the movie world has got to making QUATERMASS MEETS THE WOLFMAN

QUATERMASS MEETS THE WOLFMAN ! Now that would have been a good movie and probably one hundred times more realistic than this movie
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