Billy the Kid (1930)
Western • 1h 35m
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane, Wyndham Standing, Russell Simpson, Blanche Friderici, Roscoe Ates, Warner Richmond, James A. Marcus, Nelson McDowell, Jack Carlyle, John Beck, Chris-Pin Martin, Marguerita Padula, Aggie Herring, Hank Bell, Buck Bucko, Roy Bucko, Bob Card, Don Coleman, Frank Ellis, Frank Hagney, Soledad Jiménez, Bud McClure, Sarah Padden, Frank Reicher, Carl Stockdale, Blackjack Ward
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About the film
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
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