Fugitive of the Plains

Fugitive of the Plains
Re-release film poster
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Written by	George Wallace Sayre (original screenplay)
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Holbrook N. Todd
Music by	Leo Erdody
Release date	April 1, 1943
Running time	56 minutes (original version) 50 minutes (USA) 38 minutes (edited version) (re-release)
Country	United States
Language	English

Fugitive of the Plains is a 1943 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. In April 1947 PRC re-released the film as a "streamlined" (edited) "Bronco Buckaroo" version re titled Raiders of Red Rock.

Plot summary

Billy and his sidekick Fuzzy get word that crimes are being conducted in his name in nearby Red Rock County. Investigating the situation in the hopes of clearing his name, he discovers a gang headed by pretty Kate Shelly. Though they know who he is, he pretends to join the gang to smash it from the inside.

Cast

• Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid
• Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
• Maxine Leslie as Kate Shelly
• Jack Ingram as Henchman Dillon
• Kermit Maynard as Henchman Spence
• Karl Hackett as Red Rock Sheriff Sam Packard
• Hal Price as Willow Springs Sheriff Dave Connelly
• George Chesebro as Henchman Baxter
• Frank Ellis as Henchman Dirk
• John Merton as Deputy arresting Fuzzy

See also

The "Billy the Kid" films starring Buster Crabbe:

• Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
• Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
• Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
• Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
• Law and Order (1942)
• Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
• The Mysterious Rider (1942)
• The Kid Rides Again (1943)
• Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
• Western Cyclone (1943)
• Cattle Stampede (1943)
• The Renegade (1943)
• Blazing Frontier (1943)
• Devil Riders (1943)
• Frontier Outlaws (1944)
• Valley of Vengeance (1944)
• The Drifter (1944)
• Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
• Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
• Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
• Oath of Vengeance (1944)
• His Brother's Ghost (1945)
• Thundering Gunslingers (1945)
• Shadows of Death (1945)
• Gangster's Den (1945)
• Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
• Border Badmen (1945)
• Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
• Prairie Rustlers (1945)
• Lightning Raiders (1945)
• Terrors on Horseback (1946)
• Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
• Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
• Prairie Badmen (1946)
• Overland Riders (1946)
• Outlaws of the Plains (1946)

External links

• Fugitive of the Plains at IMDb
• Fugitive of the Plains is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive