Recent billy the kid movies

The legend of Billy the Kid has been told in dime novels, books, plays, songs, poems, and most of all, in film and as I mentioned more than once on this site, no other individual has been portrayed in more films than Billy the Kid.

In 1926, Walter Noble Burns wrote a biography on the Kid called The Saga of Billy the Kid, which became a bestseller. Though based mostly on his legend, it was this book that made the Kid popular with moviemakers; there was conspiracy, corruption, romance, and shoot’em up action.

What a great plot for screenwriters! Because Billy the Kid is a man of many faces, movies can portray him in any form they desire, but yet at the same time, stay within the spirit of his legend.

Best movies about billy the kid

He could be a villain but also a Robin Hood-like hero, a lover and a killer and of course an underdog -and who doesn't like rooting for the underdog. Billy the Kid movies were popular with both young and old, male and female audiences.

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