The Outlaw( 1943)

TV-MAWesternDrama

54%

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Tall.... Terrific.... and Trouble!

Overview

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.

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Jack Buetel
Billy the Kid
Jane Russell
Rio McDonald
Thomas Mitchell
Pat Garrett
Walter Huston
Doc Holliday
Mimi Aguglia
Guadalupe
Joe Sawyer
Charley Woodruff
Gene Rizzi
Stranger
Bobby Callahan
Boy (uncredited)
Martín Garralaga
Mike the Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Johnson
Deputy (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
Boy (uncredited)
Cecil Kellogg
Deputy (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Deputy (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Deputy (uncredited)
William Newell
Drunken Cowboy (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Dolan (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Swanson (uncredited)
Wallace Reid Jr.
Townsman (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Pablo (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Card Dealer (uncredited)
William Steele
Deputy (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Townsman at Sheriff's Office (uncredited)
Frank Ward
Boy (uncredited)
Pat West
Bartender (uncredited)

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Thu Dec 23 2021

_**Once notorious, now surreal, cornball and amusing**_ In 1881 New Mexico, newly-appointed Sheriff Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) is upset after Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel) comes to Lincoln and essentially steals his good friend, Doc Holliday (Walter Huston). After Billy is wounded, Doc drops him off with his girlfriend, Rio (Jane Russell). While she has reason to hate Billy, the opposite happens. Eventually the four are forced to team-up to escape some hostile Mescaleros before having a showdown. Shot in late 1940 and early 1941, “The Outlaw” was directed by the exceptional Howard Hughe...