• Western

Billy the Kid

King Vidor's Billy The Kid. This is the very first movie telling some of the life of Billy The Kid alias William H. Bonney, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim. This is the complete western movie full length. Some of the names are not quite correct, but this is from 1930 and what an incredible production! Much better than I had expected it to be. (This is not a B western, this is top of the line early Hollywood). This classic western film deals with the corrupt forces in New Mexico at the time and the story is not to far off of many things that actually happened. The Young Guns producers must have studied this film. Some of the names that are not quite correct are John W. Tunston instead of John Henry Tunstall and Bob Ballinger instead of Bob Olinger but Billy The Kid fans will most certainly be entertained by this. Directed by King Vidor. Written by Walter Noble Burns, Laurence Stallings, Charles MacArthur. Produced by King Vidor and Irving Thalberg. Music by Fritz Stahlberg and William Axt. Cinematography by Gordon Avil. Editing by Hugh Wynn. Art Director Cedric Gibbons. Sound Department Douglas Shearer and Paul Neal. Stunts by Don Coleman. Starring 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. William S. Hart was an advisor on this film. Hosted by Bob Terry. 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. Read More

• 1930
• 1 h : 36 min
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