Billy the Kid (1930 film)

Billy the Kid
Directed byKing Vidor
Written byWalter Noble Burns (book, The Saga of Billy the Kid)
Wanda Tuchock (continuity)
Laurence Stallings (dialogue)
Charles MacArthur (additional dialogue)
Produced byKing Vidor
Irving Thalberg
StarringJohn Mack Brown
Wallace Beery
Kay Johnson
CinematographyGordon Avil
Edited byHugh Wynn
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 18, 1930 (1930-10-18)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

  1. ^ "Berlinale 2020: Retrospective "King Vidor"". Berlinale. Retrieved February 28, 2020.