Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

94 mins | Drama, Western | May 30, 1941

Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.

Billy the Kid

94 mins | Drama, Western | May 30, 1941

Billy the Kid
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Original title Billy the Kid
Directors David Miller, Frank Borzage
Writers Gene Fowler, Howard Emmett Rogers, Bradbury Foote

Cast

Robert Taylor

as Billy Bonney

Brian Donlevy

as Jim Sherwood

Ian Hunter

as Eric Keating

Mary Howard

as Edith Keating

Gene Lockhart

as Dan Hickey

Lon Chaney Jr.

as 'Spike' Hudson

Henry O'Neill

as Tim Ward

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)

Cy Kendall

as Cass McAndrews, Sheriff

Ted Adams

as 'Buz' Cobb

Frank Conlan

as Judge Blake

Frank Puglia

as Pedro Gonzales

Mitchell Lewis

as Bart Hodges

Dick Curtis

as Kirby Claxton

Grant Withers

as Ed Shanahan

Joe Yule

as Milton

Earl Gunn

as Jesse Martin

Carl Pitti

as 'Bat' Smithers

Kermit Maynard

as Thad Decker

Eddie Dunn

as Pat Shanahan

Ethel Griffies

as Mrs. Hanky

Chill Wills

as Tom Patterson

Olive Blakeney

as Myra Patterson

Connie Gilchrist

as Mildred (uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Sammy Axel (uncredited)

Ed Brady

as Vagrant #2 (uncredited)

George Chesebro

as Hickey Gang Member (uncredited)

Ruth Pickard Colwell

as Singer at the Party (uncredited)

Mario Costa

as Spanish Tenor in 'Viva La Vide' Number (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

as Vagrant #1 (uncredited) (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

as Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

as The Duke (uncredited)

Arthur Housman

as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)

Jack King

as Hickey Gang Member (uncredited)

Priscilla Lawson

as Bessie - Barmaid (uncredited)

Tom London

as Leader (uncredited)

Buck Mack

as Gambler (uncredited)

Monte Montague

as Man with Rifle at Second-Floor Window (uncredited)

Obed 'Bubb' Pickard Jr.

as Singer at the Party (uncredited)

James Pickard

as Singer at the Party (uncredited)

Leila May Pickard

as Singer at the Party (uncredited)

Ben Pitti

as Hickey Gang Member (uncredited)

John Raitt

as Baritone in 'Lazy Acres' Number (uncredited)

Ann Pickard Rhea

as Singer at the Party (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Man with Rifle Behind Barred Window (uncredited)

Slim Whitaker

as Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)

Wesley White

as Bud (uncredited)