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Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)

1940 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Sam Newfield

BILLY THE KID BRINGS JUSTICE TO THE FRONTIER!

  • Western

Synopsis

Escaping from the law once again, Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff ride to the ranch of Jeff's uncle only to find another family living their. They soon learn of Cobb Allen's scheme where he sells a ranch, makes sure the rancher can't pay off his note, kicks him out, and resells the ranch. But Billy has a plan to recover the ranchers' money and he sends Fuzzy to town with a fake map to a gold treasure.

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Details

Director
Sam Newfield
Writer
Tom Gibson
Studio
PRC, Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Released
1940-12-27
Series
Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) Collection
Running time
61 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Bob Steele With a Good Script · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-22

Well, here we have a believable westerns' script, even if it has a much used plot. Bob Steele (Billy the Kid) and his two companions Carleton Young (Jeff) and Al St. John (Fuzzy), who is not silly here, help out some settlers who have been cheated in their land purchases by regular villain Al Ferguson (Cobb Allen). Perennial henchmen Charlie King (Ed Baker), Rex Lease (Buck) and Ken Duncan (Bragg) bring their usual nastiness and menacing ways to their parts. Others who usually play bad guys are okay in their turns on the law-abiding side of life: Ted Adams (Sheriff), Karl Hackett (Attorney…

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