
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA flat fictionalized rendition of Billy the Kid, with the miscast Hollywood glamor boy Robert Taylor as the lead. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford...first time documaker [Jennifer] Venditti, with the charismatic and volatile Billy, keeps it interesting from start to finish. |
| User ReviewAshley HYou can count on one hand the things this film has in common with real story of Billy the Kid, but if you aren't thrown off by inaccuracy, then this is a wonderfully entertaining and finely portrayed depiction of the Kid. Robert Taylor is superb in a role he's nearly decade too old for. He's hard-bitten and tough as nails, but hurt inside is clear without being overplayed. I've never thought of Robert Taylor as ever being underrated, but if ever he was, it's in this. Taylor and the dialogue, which is hard-boiled and doesn't always go where you'd expect it to go, are real points of interest in this movie, along with some geographically wide-ranging Technicolor photography that is luscious to look at. The other aspects of the movie are pretty standard fare, some less bearable than others. But Taylor is a revelation here. This picture is worth watching. |
| User ReviewGreg Wgood western i love seeing hollywood's leading men in this pic robert taylor play bad guys i just wish gary cooper would have played a bad guy. |
| User ReviewJames HBETTER THAN AVERAGE WESTERN, VERY WELL PRODUCED. AS A BIOGRAPHY IT IS PURE HOLLYWOOD STORYTELLING, LITTLE TRUTH AND MUCH EMBELLISHMENT. BUT PUTTING THAT ASIDE, IT WAS INTERESTING WITH SOME GOOD ACTIONS SCENES AND LOCATION SCENERY. |
| User ReviewIain MIts 1941 and for the Americans there is almost a war on, the film is in colour and some of the actors were big stars...but that is about it. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. |
| User ReviewKetil TSeen 19.11.07. Interesting to see this movie from 1941 in full colours. It is definitely a different story about Billy the Kid and maybe closer to the truth than any of the others. |