Bibliograph

Billy the kid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a King Vidor production ; directed by King Vidor

Type

Label

Billy the kid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a King Vidor production ; directed by King Vidor

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Billy the kid

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

806232651

Responsibility statement

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a King Vidor production ; directed by King Vidor

Runtime

Series statement

WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection

Summary

The Kid's legend comes to talkies! Bad blood is spilling over in Lincoln County. William Bonney has sworn revenge against the men who murdered his boss. Filmmaker King Vidor brought the bigger-than-life legend of Bonney -- Billy the Kid -- to the screen in a big way, using a rare widescreen process (unfortunately, wide prints are no longer known to exist) and filming some of the action in New Mexico locales known to the outlaw. John Mack Brown portrays the Kid, single-mindedly pursuing his vow of payback and eluding death several times (including a gun-blazing escape from a hacienda inferno). Would the Kid also elude Sheriff Pat Garrett (Wallace Beery)? The film's denouement undoubtedly delighted some moviegoers and riled others. The saddles and sidearms of a cowboy's stock-in-trade would serve Brown, then a newcomer to the Western genre, for years to come. From the mid-1930s into the 1950s, he was a mainstay of Western B-films and serials. - ContainerBad blood is spilling over in Lincoln County: William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, has sworn revenge against the men who murdered his boss. Filmmaker King Vidor brought the bigger-than-life legend to the screen in a big way, using a rare widescreen process and filming some of the action in New Mexico with locales known to the outlaw

Technique

live action

Classification