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Fugitive of the Plains

"HE'S FIGHTIN' A GUN-TOTIN' GAL...A Lawless Lass Puts A Noose Around Buster's Neck...But The Rope Was Never Pulled!"

Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.

Top Cast

  • Buster Crabbe

    Buster Crabbe

    Billy the Kid

  • Al St. John

    Al St. John

    Fuzzy Q. Jones

  • Maxine Leslie

    Maxine Leslie

    Kate Shelly

  • Jack Ingram

    Jack Ingram

    Dillon

  • Kermit Maynard

    Kermit Maynard

    Spence

  • Karl Hackett

    Karl Hackett

    Sam Packard

  • Hal Price

    Hal Price

    Dave Connelly

  • George Chesebro

    George Chesebro

    Baxter

  • Frank Ellis

    Frank Ellis

    Dirk

Overview

Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.

Rating

5.3 / 10
6 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Feb 22, 2025

    For me, Buster Crabbe will always be “Buck Rogers” or “Flash Gordon” so seeing him here toting a six-shooter doesn’t quite work. To be fair, though, he isn’t the worst aspect of this pretty mediocre story. He is “Billy the Kid” who is being falsely accused of being involved with a menacing gang of outlaws lead by “Kate” (Maxine Leslie). Someone is leaving notes for the sheriff (Karl Hackett) in his name and so he’s prime suspect for robbery when the stage sets off. What he doesn’t know is that he’s being set up - but by whom and why? It does try to pack quite a bit of story into this, but the production is all very basic and barring a few expertly choreographed tumbling moments from Al St.John is all instantly forgettable as the static Crabbe isn’t a natural at all and Leslie is no Barbara Stanwyck. Kills an hour, though.

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