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.

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

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