"Billy the Kid in Texas" was another of those low budget westerns from Poverty Row studio Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). This one has the advantage of having the veteran Bob Steele in the lead and bad guys John Merton and Charlie King in the cast. Steele who looks as much like Billy the Kid as I do still adds to the character even though it has no relationship to the real Billy the Kid.
Having said all of that, Steele arrives on his way to the dusty Texas town of Corral City in time to foil an attempted hold up by the Lazy A gang of an express shipment. The Kid keeps the loot until he can find out to whom it belongs. In town the Kid meets up with his old pal Fuzzy (Al St. John) who informs him that young Mary Barton (Terry Walker) the express agent is responsible for the loot. He also learns that his brother Gil Cooper (Carleton Young is involved with the gang.
The Kid meets up with the gang in the saloon and finds that it is headed up by Flash (John Merton) and Dave (Charles King). The Kid gets into a fight with Dave which he wins handily. Townsman Jim Morgan (Frank Larue) appoints the Kid as Sheriff unaware of hi s identity. The kid adopted the moniker of Sheriff Clark with Fuzzy as his Deputy. The gang attempts to retrieve the loot but are thwarted at every turn. Morgan learns the identity of the sheriff but learns that the Kid is on the up and up. Finally the Kid and Fuzzy in a bar room brawl capture the outlaws. The Kid's brother Cooper is made sheriff, gets the girl in time to watch The Kid and Fuzzy ride out of town.
PRC always cut costs wherever and when ever they could. Notice that they use a buckboard (driven by old timer Slim Whitaker) to carry the loot rather than a stagecoach. And where was the Lazy A Ranch. We never see it. The boys are either on the trail or in the saloon. And, if I'm not mistaken, there's no jail either. Still and all, in spite of the miniscule budget, it's a good if not better than many of the "B' westerns of the period.
Having said all of that, Steele arrives on his way to the dusty Texas town of Corral City in time to foil an attempted hold up by the Lazy A gang of an express shipment. The Kid keeps the loot until he can find out to whom it belongs. In town the Kid meets up with his old pal Fuzzy (Al St. John) who informs him that young Mary Barton (Terry Walker) the express agent is responsible for the loot. He also learns that his brother Gil Cooper (Carleton Young is involved with the gang.
The Kid meets up with the gang in the saloon and finds that it is headed up by Flash (John Merton) and Dave (Charles King). The Kid gets into a fight with Dave which he wins handily. Townsman Jim Morgan (Frank Larue) appoints the Kid as Sheriff unaware of hi s identity. The kid adopted the moniker of Sheriff Clark with Fuzzy as his Deputy. The gang attempts to retrieve the loot but are thwarted at every turn. Morgan learns the identity of the sheriff but learns that the Kid is on the up and up. Finally the Kid and Fuzzy in a bar room brawl capture the outlaws. The Kid's brother Cooper is made sheriff, gets the girl in time to watch The Kid and Fuzzy ride out of town.
PRC always cut costs wherever and when ever they could. Notice that they use a buckboard (driven by old timer Slim Whitaker) to carry the loot rather than a stagecoach. And where was the Lazy A Ranch. We never see it. The boys are either on the trail or in the saloon. And, if I'm not mistaken, there's no jail either. Still and all, in spite of the miniscule budget, it's a good if not better than many of the "B' westerns of the period.