BILLY THE KID'S LAW AND ORDER (1942) Buster Crabbe & Al St. John | Western | B&W | Timeless Film

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Law and Order is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Sam Robins. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dave O'Brien, Sarah Padden, Wanda McKay and Charles King. The film was released on August 21, 1942, by Producers Releasing Corporation.

Synopsis

In this entry in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series (aka "Billy the Kid in Law and Order") Billy the Kid and his pals Jeff Travis and Fuzzy Jones, are arrested and brought to Ft. Culver, where Billy is amazed to discover that he and the post commander, Lt. Ted Morrison, are exact doubles. Learning of a plot to swindle Aunt Mary Todd, a rich, blind relative of Morrison's, by marrying her off to impostor Simms instead of her sweetheart George Fremont who is on his way to her ranch, Billy and his pals escape and head for the ranch. Mil Crawford, head of the gang scheming to get hold of the blind woman's fortune through Simms, has two men hold up the stage and kill Fremont and Morrison. Finding the bodies, Billy impersonates Morrison, and Crawford is furious when he sees Billy and mistakes him for the nephew, figuring his men had failed.The next day Linda, the niece of Fremont, arrives for the wedding and Billy meets her stagecoach and arranges for her to denounce Simms as an impostor.

Cast & Crew

Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid / Lt. Ted Morrison
Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
Dave O'Brien as Jeff
Sarah Padden as Aunt Mary Todd
Wanda McKay as Linda Fremont
Charles King as Mil Crawford
Hal Price as Simms
John Merton as Turtle
Kenne Duncan as Durgan
Ted Adams as Sheriff Jeff

Director: Sam Newfield
Screenplay: Sam Robins
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematography: Jack Greenhalgh
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Production Company: Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributor: Producers Releasing Corporation
Release Date: August 21, 1942
Running Time: 57 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English