Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1940, Billy the Kid Outlawed is a western film directed by Sam Newfield, running about 52 minutes.

What it’s about. In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1972, where Sam Daly and Pete Morgan operate a general store. Daly expects to be elected sheriff and he and Morgan intend to bring off a final big coup and then disappear. To further their plans, they have local ranchers such as the Bennett brothers killed. Billy Bonney and his friends Fuzzy Jones and Jeff Travis, driving a cattle herd and friends of the Bennetts,engage in a gun battle with the killers that frightens the stage horses. Billy gives chase and rescues Judge Fitzgerald and his daughter Molly. The judge has been sent by Washington's Department of Justice to take over the law enforcement in Lincoln County, but is murdered by the Daly/Morgan henchman. Sheriff Long deputizes Billy and his friends to bring in the killers, but Daly is elected sheriff, and promptly brands Billy, Jeff and Fuzzy as outlaws. Billy, now known as Billy the Kid, retaliates by ...

Who’s in it. Billy the Kid Outlawed stars Bob Steele as Billy the Kid, Louise Currie as Molly Fitzgerald, Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones and Carleton Young as Jeff Travis, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Billy the Kid Outlawed page.

If you liked it. Fans of Billy the Kid Outlawed tend to enjoy The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in the West and For a Few Dollars More.