---
title: 'Billy the Kid (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'King Vidor'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/billy-the-kid-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020693/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Billy the Kid (1930)

1930 · 98 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

Billy the Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed in widescreen by King Vidor about the relationship between frontier outlaw Billy the Kid and lawman Pat Garrett. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.

## Credits

- **Director:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor)
- **Producer:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Wanda Tuchock](https://cinepixo.com/people/wanda-tuchock)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Euphemia Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/euphemia-allan)
- **Editor:** [Hugh Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-wynn)

## Cast

- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing)
- [Wallace Beery](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-beery)
- [Chrispin Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chrispin-martin)
- [Russell Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-simpson)
- [James A. Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-a-marcus)
- [Karl Dane](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-dane)
- [Johnny Mack Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-mack-brown)
- [Nelson McDowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-mcdowell)
- [Aggie Herring](https://cinepixo.com/people/aggie-herring)
- [Soledad Jiménez](https://cinepixo.com/people/soledad-jimenez)
- [Kay Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-johnson)
- [Sarah Padden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-padden)
- [Roscoe Ates](https://cinepixo.com/people/roscoe-ates)
- [Blanche Friderici](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-friderici)

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