The Outlaw, The Story Of Billy The Kid - Jane Russell, Howard Hughes

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Perhaps Hollywood's greatest ‘Success Du Scandal’ of the 1940s, this interesting psychological western became a box office hit largely thanks to the lack of clothing of leading lady, Jane Russell. Billy The Kid (Jack Buetel) and Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) are close friends until Lawman Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) attempts to ambush Billy and put him behind bars. Doc brings Billy to his ranch to hide out, but when Billy meets Doc's mistress, Rio (Jane Russell), he's instantly attracted to the buxom beauty. An intense chemistry quickly grows between them, despite the fact that Billy had murdered Rio's brother. Billy and Rio secretly marry, but their love runs hot and cold, and soon Billy, Doc, and Rio are fighting among themselves as they're chased through the desert by Garrett and his posse. Director Howard Hawks and Screenwriter Ben Hecht both worked on The Outlaw, but they went uncredited after disputes with the legendarily difficult financier (and sometimes producer/director) Howard Hughes, whose battles with the censors resulted in the film spending three years on the shelf before finally gaining wide release in a cut version in 1946.

Format: Single DVD (Black & White)
Category: U
Label: Sunflower Classics