Fugitive of the Plains

Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.

Cast

Buster Crabbe

as Billy the Kid

Al St. John

as Fuzzy Q. Jones

Maxine Leslie

as Kate Shelly

Jack Ingram

as Dillon

Kermit Maynard

as Spence

Karl Hackett

as Sam Packard

Hal Price

as Dave Connelly

George Chesebro

as Baxter

Frank Ellis

as Dirk

John Merton

as Deputy Arresting Fuzzy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

For me, Buster Crabbe will always be “Buck Rogers” or “Flash Gordon” so seeing him here toting a six-shooter doesn’t quite work. To be fair, though, he isn’t the worst aspect of this pretty mediocre story. He is “Billy the Kid” who is being falsely accused of being involved with a menacing gang of o...

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