Billy The Kid Trapped (1942)
After Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff are rescued from a hanging by mysterious strangers, the countryside if terrorized by three men, posing as Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff. Sheriff Masters puts Billy and his pals on the trail of the impostors. The trail leads to Mesa City, an outlaw town run by Jim Stanton, under whose orders, three killers, Montana, Pete and Curly, have been robbing and murdering, disguised as Billy and his two sidekicks. Billy brings in the impostors but they are released by crooked-judge Clarke. Stanton makes henchman Red Barton the new sheriff, with orders to get Billy. Again assuming their disguises, Montana, Pete and Curly rob the stagecoach. And Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff have to begin again in the process of clearing their own names.
HE'S A DAREDEVIL ONE MAN GANG!
[reading a wanted poster which accuses Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff of crimes they didn't commit]
Billy 'The Kid' Bonney: They'll be accusing us of starting the Civil War next.
Fuzzy Jones: Keep your hand away from that gun. Make one move and you'll wake up playin' a harp.
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Monogram Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Santa Clarita, California, USA
Film debut of Anne Jeffreys.
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
The earliest documented telecast of this film in the New York City area occurred 12/6/45 on pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). In Baltimore it first aired 7/31/48 on WBAL (Channel 11), in Los Angeles 11/20/48 on KFI (Channel 9), in Detroit 2/3/49 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Cincinnati 8/23/49 on WKRC (Channel 11), and in Philadelphia Wednesday 2/22/50 on WCAU (Channel 10).
Shot in 1941, not released until 1942.