Fugitive of the Plains

The Fugitive Of The Plains is none other than Billy The Kid played by Buster Crabbe who was a considerably nicer fellow and had far more adventures than the real Billy The Kid did in his short life. This film was part of a Billy The Kid series done by the Producer's Releasing Corporation (PRC).

Like Don Michael Corleone, Billy would like to just settle down somewhere and forget his outlaw past. But in every film someone keeps dragging him back in. In this case there's a gang operating several counties over where the leader is even dressing in Billy's black garb.

But imagine Buster Crabbe's surprise when the leader turns out to be a woman. Maxine Leslie who plays it like a poor man's Gladys George is a respectable woman in her neck of the woods and she just thinks it's the greatest thing to be trading in on the reputation of a known outlaw like Crabbe. It just comes with the trade I guess.

Al St. John is Crabbe's usual sidekick and he definitely is one of the funniest, but also one of the most worthless around. I can only conclude that he gives Crabbe as much laughs as he gives the audience which is the only reason I would keep Fuzzy around.

Nothing too terribly special about Fugitive Of The Plains.