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Stageplays, Ballets, Other Media
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"Billy The Kid" Broadway stageplay [1906]
Written by Walter Woods & Joseph Santley; bare credits at IBDb
In 1906, Woods partnered with Joseph Santley to rework or polish his 1903 “Billy The Kid” four-act comedy drama; the new version opened on Broadway (with 17-year-old Santley appearing as Billy) in August 1906 (number of performances unknown); LeRoy Sumner took over the role of Billy and by all reports the part fit the actor well. “Billy The Kid” went on tour and received a glowing review in Syracuse, New York, also touring in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio through January of 1908.
"The Great Diamond Robbery & Other Recent Melodramas" [1940] Edited by Garrett H. Leverton
includes stageplays by Edward M. Alfriend & A.C. Wheeler, Clarence Bennett, Charles A. Taylor, Lillian Mortimer, and Walter Woods ("Billy The Kid")
Princeton Univ Press hardcover [1940] long out of print/scarce
Princeton Univ Press hardcover [1940] long out of print/scarce
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"The Last Escape of Billy the Kid"
America's Longest Running Folk Pageant [performed in August since 1940]
in the historic village of Lincoln, New Mexico
pageant website [est. 2015]
 | "The Beard" off-off-Broadway play [1965] Written by beat poet Micheal McClure main characters outlaw Billy The Kid & actress Jean Harlow Grove Press playscript mass pb [4/67] out of print/used 1966 movie of the play: directed by Andy Warhol video/DVD not available; bare credits at IMDb |
 | "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" movie soundtrack [1973] by Bob Dylan Sony soundtrack CD [8/89] for $9.98 |
 | "Billy The Kid: AudioBiography" [1997] Written by Wymon Windsor, narrated by Donnie Blanz Readio Theatre audio CD [2/2005] for $12.95 |
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"Billy The Kid and Other Plays" [2011] by Rudolfo Anaya Afterword by Cecilia J. Aragon & by Robert Con Davis-Undiano includes seven stageplays: "The Season of La Llorona", "Billy The Kid", "The Farolitos of Christmas", "Matachines", "Who Killed Don José?", "Ay, Compadre!", and "Angie" Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6½ pb [12/2011] for $24.95 |
article "Momaday’s Billy The Kid Pistola" by N. Scott Momaday at True West Magazine website
read full text of 10/2012 article
  | Billy The Kid Festival in Las Cruces, NM [Feb 2023 = #3] stageplay "The Trial of Billy The Kid" on Friday Feb 24 and Sunday Feb 26; movie "Young Guns" [1988] Saturday Feb 25, singalong Saturday Feb 25, other events - all at the Rio Grande Theatre [built 1926], 211 No. Main Street The live stageplay “The Trial of Billy the Kid” was written by David G. Thomas and is directed by Ross Marks |
 | Pat Garrett Western Heritage Festival in Las Cruces, NM [Feb 2022] Saturday Feb 26 included singalong, two movies, other events - all at the Rio Grande Theatre [built 1926], 211 No. Main Street "Four Faces West" [1948], directed by Alfred E. Green, based on a story by Eugene Manlove Rhodes [1869-1934]; starring Charles Bickford as Garrett "Billy The Kid" [1930], directed by King Vidor [1894-1982], starring Johnny Mack Brown & Wallace Beery |
Aaron Copland's "Billy The Kid: Ballet Suite" [opened in Chicago Oct 1938]
'Billy The Kid' ballet [1942] entry at Internet Broadway Database
'Billy The Kid' ballet entry at Wikipedia
 | "Billy The Kid" & "Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes" performed by Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic Sony audio CD [10/90] for $9.98 performed by Leonard Slatkin & the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Angel Records audio CD [10/90] out of prodn/used |
 | "Billy The Kid", "Rodeo", "Appalachian Spring" & other Copland works performed by Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops & Boston Symphony R.C.A. audio CD [11/94] for $10.98 |
Movies & TV About Billy the Kid
search on keywords 'Billy the Kid' on Internet Movie Database
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 | "Billy The Kid On Film, 1911-2012" [2013] by Johnny D. Boggs A comprehensive filmography composed of lengthy entries on about 75 films depicting legendary New Mexico outlaw Billy the Kid – from the lost "Billy The Kid" of 1911 to the blockbuster "Young Guns" [1988] to the direct-to-video "1313: Billy The Kid" [2012] Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [10/2013] for $13.99 McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [9/2013] for $37.95 |
 | "Billy The Kid 20 Movie Pack" [2009]
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"Billy The Kid" [Vitagraph 1911 silent short]
Directed by Laurence Trimble; starring Tefft Johnson {as Billy} • credits from IMDb • {this film is considered lost}
"Billy The Kid"
aka "The Highwayman Rides" [M.G.M. Oct 1930]
  | Based on the hit W.N. Burns novel (above); the first sound film about Billy; well-acted melodrama with a {no kidding} happy ending! Directed by King Vidor [1894-1982]; starring John Mack Brown {as Billy}, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Warner Richmond & James A. Marcus video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb 11"x17" blue poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Billy The Kid Returns" [Republic Sept 1938]
 | After Garrett kills Billy, a look-alike singing cowboy rides into town and conspires with Garrett to continue the homesteaders' fight against the big ranchers.
Directed by Joseph Kane; starring Roy Rogers {as himself & Billy}, Smiley Burnette, Wade Boteler {as Garrett}, Mary Hart & Trigger
R.O.A.N. double feature DVD [11/99] for $12.99 with "Hands Across The Border" [1944] Hollywood Select b&w VHS [2/94] out of prodn/used R.O.A.N. Spanish-dubbed? b&w VHS [7/2001] for $9.45 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
Billy The Kid movies starring Bob Steele [1940-41]
Bob Steele [1907-88] credits from IMDb
browse Bob Steele on DVD at Amazon
Bob Steele entry at Chuck's Old Corral
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"Billy The Kid Outlawed" [P.R.C. July 1940]
Remotely based on the Bonney legend. • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid In Texas" [P.R.C. Sept 1940] Billy is appointed sheriff to tame the Lazy A galoots, who bring in a gunslinger that turns out to be Billy's brother. United American Video b&w VHS [7/98] out of prodn/used • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid's Gun Justice" [P.R.C. Dec 1940] Billy rides into the middle of a land scam, where ranches are sold and water streams diverted, so that the ranches fail, and are then resold again and again. United Home Video b&w VHS [11/97] for $9.49 • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid's Range War" [P.R.C. Jan 1941] Billy sees wanted posters accusing him of deeds he never committed, so he rides in to clear his name. • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals" [P.R.C. April 1941] Billy, Jeff & Fuzzy ride into a new town, where Fuzzy is made town marshall; then they find out that the Hardy Gnng has killed the town's previous lawmen. United Home Video b&w VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid In Santa Fe" [P.R.C. July 1941] Billy is framed for murder on the paid-for testimony of a cowboy; Billy escapes to Santa Fe, where that cowboy is soon also framed for murder. • full credits from IMDb |
Billy The Kid movies starring Buster Crabbe [1941-43]
Buster Crabbe [1907-83] credits from IMDb
Buster Crabbe entry at Chuck's Old Corral
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"Billy The Kid Wanted" [P.R.C. Oct 1941]
Fuzzy sends for Billy & Jeff to help fight a land swindle; when a gang of outlaws show up, Billy devises a plan to have the two gangs shoot it out. • full credits from IMDb watch full movie [9/2012 upload 1:00:09] online at YouTube "Billy The Kid's Round-up" [P.R.C. Dec 1941] Billy rides into a town to find a sheriff friend murdered and the newspaper wrecked by henchmen; Fuzzy signs up to run for sheriff and the good guys hurry to restore the printing press before election day. • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid Trapped" [P.R.C. Feb 1942] After false accusations put Billy, Jeff & Fuzzy in jail, someone mysteriously breaks them out. The reason becomes clear when Fuzzy has a shootout with an imposter dressed just like himself. • full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster {left & below} from Amazon for $9.99 "Billy The Kid's Smoking Guns" [P.R.C. May 1942] Doc Hagen and his gang are running small ranchers off their land. • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid in Law and Order" [P.R.C. Aug 1942] The Crawford gang schemes to take over the fortune of a rich widow; they kill her Army officer nephew, who looks just like Billy, so Billy takes on the man's identity. • full credits from IMDb "Sheriff of Sage Valley" [P.R.C. Sept 1942] Billy becomes sheriff; the leader of the local gang resembles Billy, so he ties Billy up and takes his clothes, planning to run the town from behind a badge. • full credits from IMDb United Home Video b&w VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used "The Mysterious Rider" [P.R.C. 1942] aka "Panhandle Trail" The Sykes gang has run everyone off from a mining town while they hunt for the gold mine of a man that they killed. • full credits from IMDb United Home Video b&w VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used "The Kid Rides Again" [P.R.C. Jan 1943] Outlaws want a mortgage held by the bank in Sundown, so they rob the bank and then orchestrate a run on the bank. • full credits from IMDb Alpha Video b&w DVD [12/2004] for $7.98 "Billy The Kid in Fugitive of The Plains" [P.R.C. April 1943] Someone has been impersonating Billy around Red Rock, and he soon learns that the gang leader is a woman. • full credits from IMDb "Western Cyclone" [P.R.C. May 1943] aka "Frontier Fighters" Bag guy Randall frames Billy for murder, part of his plan to impeach the Governor & take over the state. • full credits from IMDb "Cattle Stampede" [P.R.C. Aug 1943] The Dawson ranch foreman is secretly working for rustlers during a range war; the gang stampedes the cattle herd and then kidnaps Dawson's comely daughter. • full credits from IMDb Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2004] for $7.98 "The Renegade" [P.R.C. Aug 1943] The mayor schemes to close down the bank so that he can scoop up the nearby ranches, where only he knows that there are oil deposits. • full credits from IMDb "Billy The Kid in Blazing Frontier" [P.R.C. Sept 1943] Two railroad officials are defrauding the settlers of Red Rock Valley without the railroad's knowledge. • full credits from IMDb |
"Billy The Kid" [M.G.M. May 1941]
 | Embittered cowhand Billy fights back when his cattleman boss is murdered. Directed by David Miller; loosely based on the W.N. Burns novel (above); starring Robert Taylor {as Billy}, Gene Lockhart, Ian Hunter, Brian Donlevy & Mary Howard; Oscar nomination for Best Color Cinematography Warner/M.G.M. color VHS [4/94] out of print/used full credits from IMDb |
"The Outlaw: The Story of Billy The Kid"
[United Artists Feb 1943]
![classic publicity photo of Jane Russell for "The Outlaw" [1943]](covers/pHRHoutlawAP.jpg) | Gunfighter 'Doc' Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico, looking for his stolen horse. Sheriff Pat Garrett finds it in the possession of cowboy outlaw Billy the Kid. Doc and Billy become friends, the sheriff wounds Billy, and Doc asks his girlfriend Rio to hide Billy. Romance ensues, Billy assumes possession of both the girl and the horse, and the final showdown is expect-edly tragic (and non-historical). Produced & co-directed by Howard Hughes, co-directed by Howard Hawks; cinematography by Gregg Toland; music by Victor Young; starring Jack Buetel {as Billy}, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell {as Garrett}, Walter Huston {as Doc}, Ben Johnson & Mimi Aguglia • full credits from IMDb
Platinum Disc b&w DVD [6/99] for $6.99 R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [10/99] for $12.99 Madacy Ent. b&w VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used Starcuts b&w VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used watch [1:55:38] free online at Internet Archive |
"Return of The Bad Men" [R.K.O. July 1948]
![detail from Return of The Bad Men [1948] lobby card starring Randolph Scott](covers/ReturnBadMen.jpg) | In the excitement of the Oklahoma Land Rush, a town beleaguered by bandit gangs hires a marshal to stop them; the (unhistoric) collection of bad men includes Billy The Kid, Sundance, the Youngers, the Daltons & Wild Bill Doolin's gang. Directed by Ray Enright; starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Jacqueline White, Steve Brodie, Tom Keene, Robert Bray, Lex Barker, Walter Reed, Michael Harvey, Dean White {as Billy}, Robert Armstrong, Tom Tyler, Lew Harvey & Jason Robards Sr.
Turner b&w VHS [9/90] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Son of Billy The Kid" [Sept 1949]
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"The Kid From Texas" [Universal June 1950]
 | Plot is close to the historical tale. •
Directed by Kurt Neumann; starring Audie Murphy {as Billy}, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick, Will Geer, William Talman, Robert Barrat, Frank Wilcox {as Garrett} & Ray Teal video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"I Shot Billy The Kid" [Lippert Pictures July 1950]
  | Low-budget 'B-movie' version of the myth, with lots of action. Directed by William A. Berke; starring Don 'Red' Barry {as Billy}, Robert Lowery {as Garrett}, Wally Vernon, Tom Neal, John Merton & Wendy Lee • full credits from IMDb
V.C.I. Vault Classics b&w DVD [1/2012] for $15.99 V.C.I. b&w double DVD [5/2006] 2 disks out of prodn/used with "The Dalton Gang" [1949] |
"Captive of Billy The Kid" [Republic Jan 1952]
Directed by Fred C. Brannon; starring Allan 'Rocky' Lane & Black Jack, Penny Edwards, Grant Withers, Roy Barcroft, Clem Bevans & Clayton Moore Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [1/99] for $14.99 • full credits from IMDb |
"Omnibus: Billy The Kid" [CBS-TV aired 8 Nov 1953]
30-minute b&w segment; hosted by Alistair Cooke; featuring John Kriza {as Billy}, Scott Douglas {as Pat Garrett}, Ruth Ann
Koesun & Eugene Loring • DVD/Blu-ray not available •
episode credits at IMDb •
series credits at IMDb
"Billy The Kid" episode of "Stories of The Century" TV series [syndicated Jan 1954]
 | Railroad detectives Matt and Frankie track 1,000 head of stolen cattle to Mesilla in New Mexico Territory, where gunfighter Billy the Kid is openly spending money • Directed by William Witney; written by Maurice Tombragel; starring Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Richard Jaeckel {as Billy} & Richard Travis {as Pat Garrett}
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [8/2007] 39 episodes on 3 disks for $15.67 St Clair Ent. Group b&w DVD [7/2005] 36 {sic!} episodes on 3 disks - out of prodn/used episode credits at IMDb • watch show [26:33] online at Internet Archive |
"The Boy From Oklahoma" [Warner Bros. Feb 1954]
 | Tom Brewster, handy with a rope but not a gun, rides into town and mails off his lawyer's exam, but when the mail is robbed he is left without a job to ride to. When Tom's lack of ability with a gun is exposed, town boss Turlock offers him the job of sheriff but Turlock has misjudged Tom and Tom without a gun is soon on the trail of the former sheriff's killer and that will lead directly to Turlock. The film became the basis for the 1957 Warner Bros. TV series "Sugarfoot" [1967-71] starring Will Hutchins; DVD release in 2013, but nothing found on Amazon (2019) • Produced by David Weisbart; directed by Michael Curtiz; written by Frank Davis & Winston Miller, based on the short story "The Sheriff Was Scared" by Michael Fessier; music by Max Steiner; starring Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Wallace Ford, Clem Bevans, Merv Griffin, Louis Jean Heydt, Sheb Wooley, Slim Pickens, Tyler MacDuff {as Billy the Kid}, James Griffith, Monte Blue, Danny Borzage, George Chesebro, Harry Lauter, roper Montie Mon-tana, Denver Pyle, Skip Torgerson, Charles Wagenheim, Joan Weldon
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Law vs. Billy The Kid" [Columbia Aug 1954]
| Rancher Tunstall hires & befriends Billy, who soon is competing with the foreman over Tunstall's niece. Directed by William Castle; script by [blacklistee] Bernard Gordon, based on a play by Janet & Philip Stevenson; starring Scott Brady {as Billy}, Betta St. John, James Griffith {as Garrett}, Alan Hale Jr., Paul Cavanagh, William 'Bill' Phillips, Steve Darrell, George Berkeley, William Tannen & Richard H. Cutting; Spanish title "El Ultimo Renegado" • video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Last of The Desperados"
[Associated Film Releasing Nov 1955]
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"The Parson and The Outlaw" [Columbia Sept 1957]
| Billy and Pat Garrett fake Billy's death, so that he can retire to his homestead, but he lands in the middle of a range war; when the town's newspaperman is murdered, Billy and the local parson step in to lead the fight for the small ranchers. Co-written & directed by Oliver Drake; co-produced by & starring Charles 'Buddy' Rogers; also starring Anthony Dexter {as Billy}, Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, Jean Parker, Robert Lowery, Madalyn Trahey, Bob Steele, Joe Sodja & Bob Duncan {as Garrett} • video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb |
"The Left Handed Gun" [Warner Bros. May 1958]
 | James Dean was cast as the rebellious teenage outlaw, but died in a car crash; young cowhand Billy vows revenge when his peaceful rancher boss is murdered, escalating the Lincoln County War. Directed by Arthur Penn; script by Leslie Stevens, from the play by Gore Vidal [1925-2012]; starring Paul Newman {as Billy}, John Dehner {as Garrett}, Denver Pyle, James Congdon, James Best, Hurd Hatfield & Lita Milan
Warner b&w VHS [1/94] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb DVD available only as part of Paul Newman Boxed Set [2006] Warner DVD box set [11/2006] 7 disks for $29.99 |
"The Tall Men" [Revue/N.B.C. b&w TV series; 75 episodes 1960-62]
Starring Barry Sullivan {as Pat Garrett} & Clu Gulager {as Billy};
full credits from IMDb
"One-Eyed Jacks" [Paramount March 1961]
though often listed as a Billy The Kid film, the script changed
into a tale of betrayal and revenge between two unapologetic Western-era crooks
"A Bullet For Billy The Kid" [Mexico Nov 1963]
Directed by Rafael Baledón; starring Gaston Sands; video/DVD not available;
full credits from IMDb
"Fuera de la Ley {Outside The Law}"
aka "Billy le Kid" [Spain July 1967]
Directed by León Klimovsky of Argentina; video/DVD not available;
full credits from IMDb
"El Hombre que mató a Billy el Niño"
aka "The Man Who Killed Billy The Kid" [Spain May 1964]
 | A grim & cynical version of the legend. Co-written & directed by Julio Buchs; starring Peter Lee Lawrence {as Billy}, Fausto Tozzi (as Garrett}, Dyanik Zurakowska & Gloria Milland video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" [Embassy Pictures April 1966]
 | Reviewers complain about the DVD transfer quality, but the only other option is the VHS product; 73-minute low-budget vampire Western in Pathé Color. Vampire Count Dracula, traveling on a stagecoach heading West, meets the brother of a beautiful ranch owner and decides to make her daughter his next mate/victim. But the girl is engaged to the cowboy & outlaw gunfighter Billy Bonney. Directed by William Beaudine; starring John Carradine, Chuck Courtney, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine & Marjorie Bennett
Cheezy Flicks Ent. color DVD [10/2005] for $7.95 Premier Electronic color VHS [4/96] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Chisum" [Batjac/Warner Bros. June 1970]
 | Lincoln County cattlemen Chisum and Tunstall fight off corrupt businessman Murphy with the help of gunfighter Billy Bonney. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, script by Andrew J. Fenady; starring John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett {as Pat Garrett}, Andrew Prine, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, Richard Jaeckel, Lynda Day George, Geoffrey Deuel (as Billy}, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. & Christopher Mitchum; filmed in Durango, Mexico and at Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico
Warner color DVD [5/2007] for $9.69 Warner color DVD [6/2003] out of prodn/used Warner color VHS [5/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Dirty Little Billy" [Columbia Nov 1972]
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The flip side of the legend: This Billy is a dysfunctional New York City teenager lost among the cowboy toughs of the wild & dangerous & barely-civilized Western territories. Co-written & directed by Stan Dragoti; starring Michael J. Pollard {as Billy}, Richard Evans, Lee Purcell, Charles Aidman, Dran Hamilton, Willard Sage, Gary Busey & Severn Darden video/DVDs not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid" [M.G.M. May 1973]
 | The new sheriff is ordered to capture a former pardner, who is now the outlaw Billy the Kid. Directed by Sam Peckinpah; screenplay by Rudy Wurlitzer; starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson {as Billy}, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards, Bob Dylan, R.G. Armstrong, Rita Coolidge, Jack Elam, Paul Fix, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens & Harry Dean Stanton
Warner widescreen restored 237-min. version color DVD [1/2006] 2 disks for $14.99 Warner color VHS [10/89] out of prodn/used Sony soundtrack CD [7/73] for $9.98 full credits from IMDb |
 | screenplay by Rudy Wurlitzer [1973] Signet mass pb [1973] out of print/used |
"Wild West Show: Billy The Kid" [BBC TV series 1975]
credits from IMDb
"Young Guns" [Morgan Creek/Fox Aug 1988]
 | Six cowboys, led by Billy The Kid, avenge the murder of their fatherly rancher employer, and are then outlawed. Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM; co-produced & directed by Christopher Cain; co-produced & written by John Fusco; starring Emilio Estevez {as Billy}, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance & Patrick Wayne (as Garrett}
Lionsgate widescreen color Special Edition DVD [4/2003] for $10.49 Vestron Video widescreen color DVD [10/2001] out of prodn/many used Lionsgate/Live Home Video widescreen color VHS [3/98] out of prodn/used Vestron Video color VHS [10/99] out of prodn/many, many used full credits from IMDb |
sequel "Young Guns II" [Morgan Creek/Fox July 1990]
 | A cattle baron hires Pat Garrett and others to chase down outlaw Billy The Kid, who has fled with his gang for the Mexico border.
Directed by Geoff Murphy; co-produced & written by John Fusco; starring Emilio Estevez {as Billy}, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Alan Ruck, R.D. Call, James Coburn, Balthazar Getty, Jack Kehoe, Robert Knepper & Viggo Mortensen
Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2004] for $9.98 Warner color VHS [6/99] out of prodn/used Fox color VHS [9/95] out of prodn/many used Island/Mercury soundtrack CD [6/94] for $7.97 full credits from IMDb |
"Gore Vidal's Billy The Kid" TV movie [May 1989]
 | Lavish production that concentrates more on the relationships than on action. Directed by William A. Graham, script by Gore Vidal [1925-2012]; starring Val Kilmer {as Billy), Duncan Regehr {as Garrett}, Rene Auberjonois, Wilford Brimley, Julie Carmen & Tom Everett DVD/Blu-ray not available • Warner color VHS [3/93] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [11/2013 upload; 1:33:28] online at YouTube |
"The Legend of Billy The Kid" [Disney documentary 1994]
Written & directed by Todd Robinson; won Emmy for script; credits from IMDb
"Billy The Kid: The Real Story" video [Mirage/Artisan 2003]
half-hour color documentary including interviews with historians
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb
watch video [38:24, with last 7½ minutes redundant upload; end credits 30:10-30:55] on YouTube
"Billy The Kid's New Mexico" [indep docufilm 2004]
not listed at IMDb; official movie site
"Investigating History: Billy The Kid"
[A&E TV documentary 2004]
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History Channel color DVD [4/2007] for $21.99 series credits at IMDb |
"Requiem For Billy The Kid" [France 2006]
 | English-language investigation into the life & legend of Billy the Kid, and the mythology of The Old West. Co-written & directed by Anne Feinsilber; narrated by Kris Kristofferson Kino Video widescreen color DVD [7/2007] for $26.99 full credits from IMDb |
"The Guns of Billy The Kid" [indep 2007]
 | Describes & compares the various known weapons used by Billy the Kid and modern replicas. Directed by Tim Evans & Susan Lutz; hosted by Peter Sherayko Varmint Media color DVD [3/2007] for $29.95 no listing at IMDb • official movie site |
"American Experience: Billy The Kid" [WGBH-TV Jan 2011]
 | 60-minute TV program co-produced, written & directed by John Maggio; narrated by Michael Murphy P.B.S. Direct color DVD [2/2012] for $16.79 full credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official program site watch complete program online [4/2015 upload; 53:55] at YouTube |
'Billy The Kid Mystery' TV news segment from WYFF TV-4 in Spartanburg, SC [Nov 2011]
Justin Shaw of South Carolina found tintype on eBay that forensics software confirms is Billy the Kid
watch news story online [7:00] at YouTube
"1313: Billy The Kid" direct-to-video mess [June 2012]
described as full of anachronisms and shirtless males (in 1881?!), and with an incomprehensible story; included here to warn everybody off;
'director' David DeCoteau & 'writer' Moses Rutegar and the actors should be very ashamed • info at IMDb
"Billy The Kid" video release [LionsGate Aug 2013]
 | Bad? Nominated by Amazon reviewer as 'the new Plan 9 From Outer Space'; plot supposedly entails a bounty hunter coaching William Bonney in revenge after cowboys shoot Bonney's mother, but Billy appears in only 5 minutes or so • Co-produced & directed by Christopher Forbes; written by Graye Bumgardner; starring country music star Cody McCarver {as bounty hunter Leon Copper}, Christopher Bowman {as Billy the Kid} •
full credits at IMDb
LionsGate widescreen color DVD [8/2013] for $13.06 sequel "Billy The Kid: Showdown In Lincoln County" [Jan 2015]
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"Billy The Kid: New Evidence" [National Geographic Channel Oct 2015]
 | A collector of Western memorabilia in California discovered a tintype photograph at a memorabilia shop that he saw as a picture of Billy the Kid playing croquet and bought it for two dollars; this documentary tells of his struggle for authentication; his original 1878 tintype is insured for $5 million • Narrated by Kevin Costner, featuring owner randy Guijarro; with actors Jor-el Vaasborg {as Billy the Kid}, Stephen Manley, Petrie Willink, Brianna Joy Chomer, Miles Cooper, John Freeman, Christopher Durbin, Gerard Griesbaum, Clark Moore {as Pat Garrett}, K. Harrison Sweeney, Jonathan Looper, Tyler Haines, Monica Giraldo, Kieren Bates, Whitney Nielsen, Ric Maddox, Hagen Mills, Gaven VanOver, Tom Walsh
National Geographic Video color DVD [1/2016] for $13.21 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch 10/2015 official promo [0:30] online at Vimeo watch full movie [1:28:05] online via Google |
"The American West" TV mini-series [A.M.C. Networks June-July 2016]
 | 8-episode mini-series covering heroes & villains of The Old West; segments on Billy the Kid in three episodes; as-of June 2021, the series was streaming on Amazon Prime Video in some countries • Exec produced by Robert Redford; directed by John Ealer & Johnny Saint-Ours (second unit); narrated by Bert Thomas Morris; featuring Derek Chariton {as Billy the Kid}, Marty Collins {as John Tunstall}, Ric Maddox {as Pat Garrett}, Vaughn Travis {as Garrett's deputy}, Bill Richardson - former Governor of New Mexico, Jonathan C. Stewart {as Wyatt Earp}, Edgar Fox {as Doc Holliday}, Deacon Ledges {as Virgil Earp}, Nick Bialis {as Morgan Earp}, Michael Chmiel {as Ike Clanton}
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia all 8 episodes: A.M.C. widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2020] for $14.99 all 8 episodes: A.M.C. widescreen color DVD [10/2020] 2 disks for $14.66 |
"The American West: Outlaw Rising" episode 5 [July 2016]
Billy the Kid uses his talents with a gun to get what he wants. Wyatt Earp fights for justice. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse make a big decision.
narrated by Bert Thomas Morris; featuring Derek Chariton {as Billy the Kid}, Marty Collins {as John Tunstall}, Ric Maddox {as Pat Garrett}, Vaughn Travis
{as Garrett's deputy}, Bill Richardson - former Governor of New Mexico, actor Kiefer Sutherland ("Young Guns"), author Kathleen Chamberlain
episode credits at IMDb •
"The American West: The Big Killing" episode 6 [July 2016]
Billy the Kid seeks revenge for the death of his friend. Wyatt Earp questions his future as a lawman. Jesse James comes out of hiding.
narrated by Bert Thomas Morris; featuring Derek Chariton {as Billy the Kid}, Marty Collins {as John Tunstall}, Ric Maddox {as Pat Garrett}, Vaughn Travis
{as Garrett's deputy}, Bill Richardson - former Governor of New Mexico, actor Kiefer Sutherland ("Young Guns"), author Kathleen Chamberlain
episode credits at IMDb •
"The American West: Frontier Justice" episode 7 [July 2016]
Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett's cat-and-mouse game comes to a head. Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone. Sitting Bull returns to America.
narrated by Bert Thomas Morris; featuring Derek Chariton {as Billy the Kid}, Ric Maddox {as Pat Garrett}, Vaughn Travis {as Garrett's deputy},
Bill Richardson - former Governor of New Mexico, actor Kiefer Sutherland ("Young Guns"), author Kathleen Chamberlain
episode credits at IMDb •
"Back To Billy" web series [Mankind Prodns Nov 2018]
 | Modern day dweeb Martin Teebs becomes obsessed with outlaw Billy the Kid and takes his family to visit Lincoln, New Mexico where the legendary events happened; he slips and falls and is transported back to 1880 and finds that he had a previous life during the historic Lincoln County War; half-hour color TV series filmed at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico (not Lincoln) • Written & directed by Michael Anthony Giudicissi; starring Royd McCargish {as Teebs}, Addison Foskey {as Billy}, Braden Anderson, Vince Elliott Ascoli, Christine Cartwright, Jackie Chacon, Victor H. Chavez, Glenn Craley, Hunter Douglas, Trishae Furmanek, Camille Gabbrielli, Steffen Garcia, Alina Horak, Daniel Horak, Celeste Lee, Janelle Lovin Mancha, Algin Mendez, Monique Mosher, Scot Scurlock, Ryan Wilson, Mark Wood
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • series credits at IMDb • watch 8/2018 official trailer [1:22] online at YouTube "Teebs Arrives" episode 1/pilot [aired 11/2018 where?] /tt9212794/ Amazon Instant Video [4/2019] rental 99¢ {FREE with Amazon Prime}, purchase $1.99 |
"The Kid" [LionsGate March 2019]
 | A young man heads West to save his sister from a nasty uncle and gets tangled in the the cat and mouse game between infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett • Directed by Vincent D’Onofrio; written by Andrew Lanham; starring Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke {as Pat Garrett}, Dane DeHaan {as Billy}, Jake Schur, Leila George, Adam Baldwin, Tait Fletcher, Keith Jardine, Samantha Zajarias, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jenny Gabrielle, Ben Dickey, MorningStar Angeline, Stafford Douglas, Howard Ferguson Jr., Rachel Singer, Chris Bylsma, Douglas Bennett, Diana Navarrete, Hawk D'Onofrio, Joseph Santos, Merritt C. Glover, Rachel de la Torre, Chad Dashnaw, J. Nathan Simmons, David Devereaux, Jacob Browne, Joe Berryman, Christian Dalton, Charlie Chappell, Dillon D. Jordan, Efrain Villa, Clint Obenchain, Leslie Fleming-Mitchell, Sarah Murrey, Michael Neal Powell, Cynthia Casaus, Rick Tadra, Santo Militello, Rip Lowe, David Christian Welborn, David Hight, Ariel Cassell, David White, Shannon Henderson Herrera, Michael E. Stogner, Randy Outzen, Carlos Amorin, Rose Cordova, Claudia Baca-Moore, Cameron Thurlow, Adrian Luna, Glenn Craley, Darlene Kellum, Paul Rosenblum, Kimberly Rayman, Rafael Velasquez
LionsGate color Blu-ray + digital [6/2019] for $13.00 V.V.S. France color Blu-ray with French-language options [5/2019] for $27.24 LionsGate color DVD [6/2019] for $12.96 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2019 official trailer [2:11] at YouTube |
"The Big Killing: How Billy The Kid Became The Most Famous Man In New Mexico"
[True West Magazine Sept 2022]
 | 15-minute podcast/lecture by executive editor Bob Boze Bell, with several photos; in the bloody Lincoln County War in New Mexico, over 200 men lost their lives, but as Billy the Kid remarked, "I did not kill them all." Billy did, however, escape certain death by escaping the burning McSween house in July of 1878 when the sprawling adobe was surrounded by members of the Dolan faction. When Billy jumped over a dead body in the gateway and escaped, he became the most famous man in New Mexico • no credits at IMDb • watch full 9/2022 episode [14:37] online at YouTube |
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