The Billy the Kid series of 42

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films was produced between 1940 and 1946, and released by

Poverty Row Poverty Row is a slang term used to refer to Hollywood films produced from the 1920s to the 1950s by small (and mostly short-lived) B movie studios. Although many of them were based on (or near) today's Gower Street in Hollywood, the term did ...

studio

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 ...

. The initial six star 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 ...

who left PRC to return to Republic Pictures. The next thirteen star

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimmi ...

as Billy the Kid, and the following 23 feature Crabbe as the same character, renamed "Billy Carson". All 42 films in the series are directed by Sam Newfield, "America's most prolific sound film director", sometimes under pseudonyms. All films feature

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 Billy's sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones; St. John also played the same character as the sidekick in the '' Lone Rider'' series from 1941-1943.

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 ...

also played Billy's friend Jeff Travis in the first five movies. The films were shot in 10 or 12 days each, with an average cost of $25,000 a film.p.30 Vermilye, Jerry ''Buster Crabbe: A Biofilmography'' McFarland, 29 Apr. 2014

Bob Steele as Billy the Kid

* '' 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)

Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid

* '' Billy the Kid Wanted'' (1941) * '' Billy the Kid's Round-Up'' (1941) * ''

Billy the Kid Trapped ''Billy the Kid Trapped'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Imprisoned and sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit, Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff break out of jail. The three escapees discover that there are th ...

'' (1942) * ''

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns ''Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Milton Raison and George Wallace Sayre. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dave O'Brien, John Merton, Milton Kibbee and Ted Adam ...

'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

Sheriff of Sage Valley ''Sheriff of Sage Valley'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff interrupt a stagecoach robbery and discover that one of the passengers, the sheriff of Sage Valley was shot in the back by one of ...

'' (1942) * '' The Mysterious Rider'' (1942) * ''

The Kid Rides Again ''The Kid Rides Again'' is a 1943 American western directed by Sam Newfield. The film was one of the Billy the Kid (film series by Producers Releasing Corporation. It was Iris Meredith's last credited feature film role. Cast *Buster Cra ...

'' (1943) * ''

Fugitive of the Plains ''Fugitive of the Plains'' is a 1943 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western (genre), Western film of the Billy the Kid (film series), "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. In April 1947 PRC re-released the film as a "strea ...

'' (1943) * ''

Western Cyclone ''Western Cyclone'' is a 1943 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. The film is also known as ''Frontier Fighters'' (cut American reissue title). Plot On a western l ...

'' (1943) * ''

Cattle Stampede ''Cattle Stampede'' is a 1943 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Pursued through Arizona by a gang of outlaws turned bounty hunters for the massive reward on Bi ...

'' (1943) * '' The Renegade'' (1943) * ''

Blazing Frontier ''Blazing Frontier'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. The film is also known as ''Blazing Range'' (American recut version). Cast *Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid *Al St. John as Fuzzy Q. Jones * Marjorie Manners as H ...

'' (1943)

Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson

* ''

Devil Riders ''Devil Riders'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It was the first film in Producers Releasing Corporation's Billy the Kid film series where Crabbe changed his name to "Billy Carson". Plot Billy and Fuzzy are in charg ...

'' (1943) * ''

Frontier Outlaws ''Frontier Outlaws'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield shot at the Corriganville Movie Ranch.Schneider, Jerry L. ''The Corriganville Movie Ranch Filmography'' Lulu Press, Inc, 29 Jun 2014 It was the second film in Produc ...

'' (1944) * '' Valley of Vengeance'' (1944) * '' The Drifter'' (1944) * ''

Fuzzy Settles Down ''Fuzzy Settles Down'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Two cowboys, Fuzzy Jones and Billy Carson, catch a pair of bank robbers; and then are endowed with the reward money. In the town of Red Rock the local newspa ...

'' (1944) * '' Rustlers' Hideout'' (1944) * ''

Wild Horse Phantom ''Wild Horse Phantom'' is a 1944 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. Plot The film begins with a breakout of five inmates from a modern day prison. Watching the escape ...

'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''

His Brother's Ghost ''His Brother's Ghost'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot When a group of gunmen are running sharecroppers off their land, rancher Andy Jones sends for his friend Billy Carson to organise the sharecroppers to fight ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

Shadows of Death ''Shadows of Death'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Premise Billy Carson tracks down the murderer of a man carrying news of the railroad traveling through the town of Red Rock, where Fuzzy Q. Jones is Justice of the ...

'' (1945) * ''

Gangster's Den ''Gangster's Den'' is a 1945 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. The film is notable for having three comedy relief characters; Al St. John, Emmett Lynn, and Charles ...

'' (1945) * ''

Stagecoach Outlaws ''Stagecoach Outlaws'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, Ed Cassidy, I. Stanford Jolley and Kermit Maynard. The film was released on ...

'' (1945) * ''

Border Badmen ''Border Badmen'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Milton Raison. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Lorraine Miller, Charles King, Ray Bennett and Arch Hall Sr. The film was released on Octobe ...

'' (1945) * '' Fighting Bill Carson'' (1945) * ''

Prairie Rustlers ''Prairie Rustlers'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Evelyn Finley, Karl Hackett, I. Stanford Jolley and Bud Osborne. The film was released on Nove ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

Terrors on Horseback ''Terrors on Horseback'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Milton Raison. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard and Henry Hall. The film was relea ...

'' (1946) * ''

Gentlemen with Guns ''Gentlemen with Guns'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patricia Knox, Steve Darrell, George Chesebro, Karl Hackett, Budd Buster and Frank Ellis. ...

'' (1946) * ''

Ghost of Hidden Valley ''Ghost of Hidden Valley'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Ellen Coyle. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Jean Carlin, John Meredith, Charles King and Jimmy Aubrey. The film was released on Jun ...

'' (1946) * ''

Prairie Badmen ''Prairie Badmen'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patricia Knox, Charles King, Ed Cassidy and Kermit Maynard. The film was released on July 17, 194 ...

'' (1946) * ''

Overland Riders ''Overland Riders'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Ellen Coyle. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne and Jack O'Shea. The film was released on August 21, ...

'' (1946) * '' Outlaws of the Plains'' (1946)

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