Billy the Kid Trapped

Great to see the one and only Buster Crabbe and the outstanding Anne Jeffreys in one movie but that's not where it ends. Glenn "Pee Wee" Strange, Fuzzy St. John, Jack Ingram, Ted Adams, Milton Kibbee and Walter McGrail all put in their usual stellar performances. Bud McTaggart held his own and then some with the stars. Unfortunately, this young talent left us too soon. Great story of Billy the Kid's trio breaking out of jail with the help of mysterious benefactors. But as Phaedrus once said, "Things are not always what they seem." Billy has to work fast to stop the robberies and murders of the nefarious imposters.

Awaiting execution for a murder they did not commit, Billy the kid, his sidekick Fuzzy Jones, and their pal Jeff are busted out by the real killers, a group of outlaws who proceed to impersonate them in order to rob and terrorize with impunity.

Billy then trails the killers to Mesa City, run by crooked town boss (and future Frankenstein monster) Glenn Strange, who's turned it into a safe hub for lawbreakers and realizes that in order to clear his name he'll have to clean up the town.

The ninth film in Producers Releasing Corporation's Billy The Kid series and Buster Crabbe's third, this is well paced and action packed, with some great gun battles, raucous fistfights, and nasty villains, definitely worthwhile for fans of the series.

Billy the Kid must track down three villains who carry out hold-ups disguised as him and his sidekicks Fuzzy and Jeff before he is jailed for the crimes. A serviceable but very minor B-Western which sees Buster Crabbe, the actor forever associated with the character of Flash Gordon, ditching his blonde dye job and pulling on a showbiz cowboy outfit. The film is at pains to emphasise just what a wholsome, All-American guy Billy the Kid is, which seems a bit odd when viewed today. A decent example of its kind, though.

Interesting storyline headed by the one and only Buster Crabbe with his trio chasing down their evil doppelgangers in a race to the finish. A stellar cast of great western actors set this movie in motion from the get go. Al St. John had some great scenes and good comic relief as usual. None other than Glenn Strange headed the band of outlaws and adeptly kept the tension high throughout. He had the help of a skillful band of henchman which included many great western names. I wish we could've seen more of Anne Jeffreys, but she was stunning in the scenes she was in. Billy The Kid Trapped breaks out to a wonderful adventure.

Billy The Kid and his intrepid sidekicks Al St. John and Dave O'Brien start the film in a real pickle, in less than a day they're to be hung at sunrise. But a miracle happens, a shooting fracas starts, their guns are tossed through a window, the key as well, and horses left outside. Now who could be such a guardian angel?

Well it ain't no angel. It's Glenn Strange who is the local outlaw boss and three of his guys dress like Buster Crabbe, St. John, and O'Brien. And if they're dead or locked up indefinitely, that part of Strange's action is closed down indefinitely.

It's a devil's choice for Strange because when our three heroes get out they set to find out who's been framing them and you know the result won't be good for the bad guy.

The most important leading lady that Crabbe ever had is in this film in the series. Anne Jeffreys is the sister of the sheriff of an outlaw town who Crabbe saves and she's grateful. Of course her fame came later in television as Marion Kerby in Topper.

Definitely one of the better of the Billy The Kid series.