''Billy the Kid's Range War'' is a 1941 American
Western
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film directed by
Sam Newfield that was the fourth of
Producers Releasing Corporation
Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoest ...
's
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at th ...
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. Despite the film's title and mention of
Lincoln County, there is neither a
range war
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nor even a
range
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seen in the film.
This film is the fourth in the "
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at th ...
" film series, produced by
PRC
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from 1940 to 1946.
Plot
Once again Billy the Kid is pursued by the law for crimes he hasn't committed. With the help of a sympathetic marshal and Mexican range detective, Billy and his cantankerous
slingshot
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wielding
sidekick
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Fuzzy get the chance to clear Billy's name by helping Ellen Gorman, the owner of a
stagecoach line menaced by villains backed by a corrupt sheriff.
Cast
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Bob Steele as
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at th ...
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Al St. John
Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...
as
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...
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Carleton Young
Captain Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice.
Early years
Born in Fulton, Oswego, New York, Young was the second and only surviving child of Sta ...
as Marshal Jeff Carson
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Joan Barclay as Ellen Gorman
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Milton Kibbee
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as Leonard - Ellen's Guardian
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Rex Lease
Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 – January 3, 1966) was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row westerns.
Biography
Lease arrived in Hollywood in 1924. He found bit and supporting parts at Film Booking ...
as Buck
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Karl Hackett as Williams
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Ted Adams as Sheriff Black
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Julian Rivero
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as Miguel Romero
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Stephen Chase as Lawyer Dave Hendrix
*Howard Masters as Ab Jenkins
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Buddy Roosevelt
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Biography
Roosevelt was born as Kenn ...
as Henchman Spike
See also
The "Billy the Kid" films starring Bob Steele:
* ''
Billy the Kid Outlawed'' (1940)
* ''
Billy the Kid in Texas
''Billy the Kid in Texas'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It's the second in the "Billy the Kid" film series, produced by PRC from 1940 to 1946.
Plot
Billy the Kid runs into his old friend Fuzzy in a wide-open Texas ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice'' (1940)
* ''Billy the Kid's Range War'' (1941)
* ''
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals
''Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals'' (also known as ''Trigger Men'') is a 1941 American Western directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), and the fifth in PRC's Billy the Kid film series.
Plot
Billy the Kid ( Bob Steele ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
''Billy the Kid in Santa Fe'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. This film is the sixth in the "Billy the Kid" film series, produced by PRC from 1940 to 1946, and the last to star Bob Steele. In the next film, ''Billy ...
'' (1941)
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