Billy the Kid | |
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Directed by | King Vidor |
Written by | Walter Noble Burns (book, The Saga of Billy the Kid) Wanda Tuchock (continuity) Laurence Stallings (dialogue) Charles MacArthur (additional dialogue) |
Produced by | King Vidor Irving Thalberg |
Starring | John Mack Brown Wallace Beery Kay Johnson |
Cinematography | Gordon Avil |
Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Billy the Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed in widescreen by King Vidor about the relationship between frontier outlaw Billy the Kid (Johnny Mack Brown, billed as "John Mack Brown" during his brief career peak) and lawman Pat Garrett (Wallace Beery). In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.[1]