I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

When I first began watching this film, I was so unimpressed I almost turned it off. It's a rare Western that today holds my attention. But I'm glad I stuck with it because, on balance, it's a very good film.But let me start with what I don't like about the film. First, it's another one of those movies that try to resurrect the reputation of an outlaw, in this case Billy The Kid. It almost tries to portray Billy as just a poor misunderstood young man. Baloney.And then there is some of the photography. On the one hand, an apparently, big budget Western with beautiful color photography, some of it filmed in Monument Valley and Sedona. On the other hand, some of the closeups of riding horses were so fake looking as to be funny, and some of the matte work was very fake looking.But what makes this film stand apart is the performance by Robert Taylor. It's the main thing that kept me watching. Taylor was able to show Billy's dark nature by a certain look on his face...a slightly disturbed look. He showed great immaturity and petulance. It was quite compelling.The supporting cast is quite good, as well. Brian Donlevy, who I felt had a somewhat uneven career, is quite good as Billy's friend, who shoots him in the end. Ian Hunter as a rancher is excellent, and I have always enjoyed his performances in films. Gene Lockhart has a bit of a different role here -- as the bad guy! Lon Chaney, Jr. is here, as one of the bad guys, but although a typical role for him, not the way I like to see Chaney. And, it's always a treat to see Henry O'Neill in a film, here as a newspaper editor.Of course, there's a question about historical accuracy. I recommend you read a brief history of Billy The Kid (e.g., Wikipedia). Taylor is too old for Billy; Billy was only 21 when he died. However, much of the story loosely follows history. What's depicted is the Lincoln County War in New Mexico; so, wrong state in terms of scenery. Sheriff Pat Garrett, for some reason, has a completely different name here -- Jim Sherwood. And how Billy dies in this film is not anywhere near the truth.However, all considered, this is quite an impressive Western, and well worth watching.

BILLY THE KID's outdoor photography of handsome exterior settings gives this western a rugged flavor and ROBERT TAYLOR makes an acceptable Billy the Kid. MGM obviously wanted to toughen his appearance on screen as one of filmdom's handsomest male stars and chose to cast him in this rugged role. Most of the time his tough expression ranges from petulant to suspicious and not much else, but this was before his acting took on more dimension in other sturdier western roles.However, nobody in the cast can overcome the fact that the screenplay is rather routine. BRIAN DONLEVY is sturdy as the Marshall who grew up with Billy and MARY BRIAN is fine as the love interest. GENE LOCKHART is effective as a cowardly villain and others in the cast give the story some flavor despite a screenplay full of western clichés.Nice to look at, but easily forgettable as a story of Billy the Kid.

According to this movie the infamous outlaw " Billy The Kid " was left handed and his real name was William Bonney . This is correct . What isn`t correct in this movie is everything else . Bonney was in reality a violent sociopath and if he was born in the mid 20th century his name would be remembered in the same way as people remember Ted Bundy . Only in Hollywood can history be rewritten is such a laughable manner . There`s other instances during this movie that distorts history and facts 1 ) Getting shot in the hand causes mild irritation 2 ) Mexicans are really white people with dark make up on their faces 3 ) The wild west was full of singers 4 ) People still call you " kid " even when you`re obviously over 40 years old There`s other inaccurate details but I couldn`t be bothered pointing them out ( Besides there`s a 1,000 word limit for reviews ) . I suppose what you think of this movie depends entirely on how you feel about Hollywood re-writing history . I hated every second of it and the only interest to me was the casting of Brian Donlevy and Lon Chaney Jr which is the closest the movie world has got to making QUATERMASS MEETS THE WOLFMAN QUATERMASS MEETS THE WOLFMAN ! Now that would have been a good movie and probably one hundred times more realistic than this movie

Pat Garrett is called Sherwood, Tunstall is Keating and Murphy is Hickey, the names were changed perhaps because in 1941 they were still afraid of being sued by remaining members of the families. Apart from that, the facts are probably different from the way it happened, but the relationships between the characters, seem to be very truthful. Murphy and Tunstall brought the Irish-English war to Lincoln County. Robert Taylor is miscast as Billy, who would call Robert Taylor a kid? Audie Murphy would be the ideal actor. There are great scenes, like the cowboys getting all together to confront Hickey, that probably inspired a similar scene in "Duel in the Sun".