Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
	1940 lobby card
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Written by	Joseph O'Donnell
Screenplay by	Tom Gibson
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld (producer)
Starring	Bob Steele; Al St. John; Louise Currie; Carleton Young;
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Holbrook N. Todd
Music by	Johnny Lange; Lew Porter
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	December 27, 1940;
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation, and 3rd in PRC's Billy the Kid series.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) and his friends Jeff (Carleton Young) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) are ambushed in a cabin. When Jeff is wounded during their getaway, they decide to hide out at Jeff's uncle's ranch in Little Bend Valley. While traveling to the ranch, they see henchmen Ed (Charles King) and Buck (Rex Lease) accosting Ann Roberts (Louise Currie) and throwing her goods from her wagon. After Billy chases them off, Ann tells him that she and her father Tom (Forrest Taylor) had recently purchased a ranch and that someone is trying to run them off their land. Traveling with Ann to protect her, they learn that the ranch she and her father had purchased was the one owned by Jeff's uncle, but that they failed to purchase the water rights. Discovering that other ranchers in the area had also purchased lands without water rights, Billy also learns that land baron Cobb Allen (Al Ferguson) had maliciously dammed the only free water stream in the area in order to force the group of ranchers to purchase water rights, or default on their loans. Billy and Jeff fight Allen's henchmen at the barricade, and after subduing them they return the water flow to its original channel.

Cast

Bob Steele as Billy the Kid
Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
Louise Currie as Ann Roberts
Carleton Young as Jeff Blanchard
Charles King as Henchman Ed Baker
Rex Lease as Henchman Buck
Kenne Duncan as Henchman Bragg
Forrest Taylor as Tom Roberts
Ted Adams as 2nd Sheriff
Al Ferguson as Cobb Allen
Karl Hackett as Attorney Martin
Edward Peil Sr. as Dave Barlow
Julian Rivero as Carlos
Blanca Vischer as Juanita

Reception

References

^ Tuska, Jon (1986). Billy the Kid: A Handbook. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 168, 182. ISBN 978-0-8032-9406-6.
^ Tuska, Jon (1994). Billy the Kid, his life and legend. Greenwood Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8263-1770-4.
^ Rainy, Buck (1997). Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0328-5.
^ Hal Erickson, Rovi. "Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)", The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2013.

External links

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice at IMDb
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

[BOOK_1-1] Tuska, Jon (1986). Billy the Kid: A Handbook. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 168, 182. ISBN 978-0-8032-9406-6.

[BOOK_2-2] Tuska, Jon (1994). Billy the Kid, his life and legend. Greenwood Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8263-1770-4.

[BOOK_3-3] Rainy, Buck (1997). Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0328-5.

[4] Hal Erickson, Rovi. "Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)", The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2013.

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