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!
1943 | 56m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Sam Newfield |
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| Writer: | George Wallace Sayre |
| Staring: |
| Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 01, 1943 |
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| Director: | Sam Newfield |
| Writer: | George Wallace Sayre |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | sheriff, henchman |
| Production Companies | Sigmund Neufeld Productions, PRC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Buster Crabbe | Billy the Kid |
| Al St. John | Fuzzy Q. Jones |
| Maxine Leslie | Kate Shelly |
| Jack Ingram | Dillon |
| Kermit Maynard | Spence |
| Karl Hackett | Sam Packard |
| Hal Price | Dave Connelly |
| George Chesebro | Baxter |
| Frank Ellis | Dirk |
| John Merton | Deputy Arresting Fuzzy |
| Jimmy Aubrey | Deputy |
| Hank Bell | Stage Driver |
| Budd Buster | Deputy |
| Art Dillard | Pete |
| Curley Dresden | Deputy Curley |
| Eddie Juaregui | Deputy |
| Kansas Moehring | Henchman |
| Artie Ortego | Henchman |
| Carl Sepulveda | Tex |
| Name | Job |
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| Sam Newfield | Director |
| George Wallace Sayre | Screenplay |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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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 o ... utlaws 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.