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The Kid Rides Again

The Kid Rides Again

The Gang Wanted Hanging...BUT BILLY USED HIS GUNS TO CLEAN 'EM UP

19435.50h 55mNR

Overview

Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.

Directed by Sam Newfield
Written by Fred Myton
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Top Cast

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Billy the Kid

Al St. John

Al St. John

Fuzzy Q. Jones

Iris Meredith

Iris Meredith

Joan Ainsley

Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange

Tom Slade

Charles King

Charles King

Vic Landeau

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Mort Slade

Edward Peil Sr.

Edward Peil Sr.

John Ainsley

Ted Adams

Ted Adams

Sundown Sheriff

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Townsman

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Roy Bucko

Cowboy in Saloon

Themes & Keywords

billy the kid

About The Kid Rides Again

The Kid Rides Again is a western, action, adventure film released in 1943 exploring themes of billy the kid. Directed by Sam Newfield, it stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Iris Meredith. Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.

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