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Rating: 5.5/10 by 89 users

The Outlaw (1943)

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.

Directing:
  • Albert R. Broccoli
  • Howard Hawks
  • Howard Hughes
  • Arthur Rosson
  • Sam Nelson
  • Arthur S. Black Jr.
Writing:
  • Jules Furthman
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Feb 05, 1943

Rating: 5.5/10 by 89 users

Alternative Title:
Kanun Disi - TR
Вне закона - RU
Den laglöse - SE
A Terra dos Homens Perdidos - PT
Wyjety spod prawa - PL
Vogelvrij verklaard - NL
El proscrito - MX
Lainsuojaton - FI
Fuera de la ley - ES
Vestens udstødte - DK
O Proscrito - BR
El proscrito - AR
Geächtet - The Outlaw - DE
Le banni - FR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Español
Runtime: 01 hour 56 minutes
Budget: $3,400,000
Revenue: $5,075,000

Plot Keyword: sheriff, doc holliday, black and white, lgbt, gay theme
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Jack Buetel
Billy the Kid
Jane Russell
Rio McDonald
Walter Huston
Doc Holliday
Joe Sawyer
Charley Woodruff
Bobby Callahan
Boy (uncredited)
Martín Garralaga
Mike the Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Johnson
Deputy (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
Boy (uncredited)
Cecil Kellogg
Deputy (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Deputy (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Deputy (uncredited)
William Newell
Drunken Cowboy (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Dolan (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Swanson (uncredited)
Wallace Reid Jr.
Townsman (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Pablo (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Card Dealer (uncredited)
William Steele
Deputy (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Townsman at Sheriff's Office (uncredited)
Frank Ward
Boy (uncredited)
Pat West
Bartender (uncredited)

Wuchak

_**Once notorious, now surreal, cornball and amusing**_ In 1881 New Mexico, newly-appointed Sheriff Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) is upset after Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel) comes to Lincoln and essentially steals his good friend, Doc Holliday (Walter Huston). After Billy is wounded, Doc drops him off with his girlfriend, Rio (Jane Russell). While she has reason to hate Billy, the opposite happens. Eventually the four are forced to team-up to escape some hostile Mescaleros before having a showdown. Shot in late 1940 and early 1941, “The Outlaw” was directed by the exceptional Howard Hughes with uncredited assist from Howard Hawks and Jules Furthman. It wasn’t released until 1943 due to censorship problems that required cuts & revisions and more widely rereleased in 1946-47. Due to the ballyhoo over it being "offensive to decency" it ended up setting records almost everywhere it was shown. The uproar was apparently over sultry Jane Russell, who got the role after a nationwide search by Hughes for a busty actress, and mostly the sexual innuendo between her character and Billy the Kid. Ironically, when it was reissued to theaters in 1976 it was given a ‘G’ rating. Speaking of Jane’s buxomness, Hughes & his aircraft engineers designed a special cantilevered bra to enhance her bust, but she admitted in her 1988 autobiography that she secretly never wore it because it was too uncomfortable, yet this flick was the reason the famous bra was designed. Ignoring the hullabaloo, what about the movie itself? Is it a worthy Western? Yes and no. Yes, because of Walter Huston’s charismatic performance as Doc Holliday and Jane’s pouty beauty (she looks like the sister Elvis never had). The movie can be entertaining if you acclimate to its corny surrealism, but the way the characters shift from mortal enemies to bosom buddies is jarring, yet amusing if you can roll with it. Meanwhile Thomas Mitchell is noticeably too old to play the role of Pat Garrett (who was only 31 in real-life when Billy was shot). It’s worth checking out for the reasons noted, but don’t expect the greatness of early Westerns like “Stagecoach” (1939), “Buffalo Bill” (1944) and “Duel in the Sun” (1946). The film runs 1 hour, 56 minutes, but there are also shorter versions, not to mentioned colorized ones, which I recommend unless you don’t mind B&W. It was shot at Red Rock Canyon State Park, Cantil, California, with studio work done in Los Angeles and second unit work done in New Mexico and Arizona (Tuba City & Yuma). GRADE: C


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