grantss More famous for Jane Russell's curves, the furore they caused, and Howard Hughes' resulting struggles to have the movie released, than for anything else. Still, it is a reasonable story, though the plot verges on the random from time to time. Howard Hughes' direction is OK, though maybe a bit wayward in spells. It should be remembered that, for all his fame in the movie business, Howard Hughes was essentially a producer. He only directed two movies - this and Hell's Angels (1930). Good performance by Jack Beutel, especially, as Billy the Kid. Clint Eastwood would have taken cues from his cool and confident demeanor. Walter Huston is solid as Doc Holliday. This all said, Jane Russell is the best thing about this movie. Jane Russell, or, more accurately her assets, steal(s) the show. She is stunningly beautiful. So curvy that Hughes had problems getting the movie released. The movie is very tame by today's standards, but by 1943 standards it was regarded as semi- pornographic.Worth seeing, for Jane Russell, and for historic reasons, as this is a movie that help push the boundaries of artistic freedom.

edwagreen Howard Hughes directed this awful film. The dialogue is ridiculous, the characters, especially Walter Huston, just say their dialogue and that's that.Huston was terribly miscast as Doc Holliday. Thomas Mitchell has his moments, especially at the end of the film with his outburst.Even with her voluptuous bosom, Jane Russell is often churlish.The film might have been better had it went into further detail about the great friendship that Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid had. Certainly, Holliday taught The Kid humanity and probably he paid with that with his life.Trusting each other is another great theme of the film. We just can't trust the directing, speech and total boredom, especially during the first half-hour of this film.Even the Indians don't engage us.

lepoisson-1 Contains major spoilers.People have been totally slamming this movie, and I don't feel that's completely fair, since the photography is pretty good. OK, so the acting (if you can call it that: it's more like reciting lines) is wooden. The screen-writing is hilarious, and not because this is supposed to be a comedy (or was it? I've seen this three times and I'm still not sure). Maybe it's supposed to be British humor, where all absurd situations get treated as if it were normal: Example 1: Doc's girlfriend falls in love with Billy, and Doc appears upset but doesn't display any emotion. Example 2: Doc shoots Garrett's friends, and Garrett says - with a straight face - something akin to "this isn't going to help our friendship". Oh yes - and the music is sometimes vaudevillian comedy style, usually at inappropriate times.I've usually limited my bad movie watching to science fiction or drama...and now I can add a Western to the mix.Highly recommended.

argamenor2012 Jack Buetel (September 5, 1915 – June 27, 1989) was an American film and television actor.Born in Dallas, Texas, Buetel moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1930s with the intention of establishing a film career. Unable to find such work, he was employed as an insurance clerk when he was noticed by an agent who was impressed by his looks.Introduced to Howard Hughes, who was about to begin filming The Outlaw, Buetel was signed to play the lead role as Billy the Kid, with the previously signed David Bacon being dropped from the film. Hughes also signed another newcomer, Jane Russell, for the female lead, and realizing the inexperience of his two stars, also signed veteran actors Thomas Mitchell and Walter Huston.Buetel was signed to a standard seven-year contract at $150 per week and was assured by Hughes that he would become a major star. Filmed in late 1940 and early 1941, The Outlaw officially premiered in 1943 but was not widely seen until 1946. It was notable for suggesting the act of sexual intercourse, uncommon in mainstream movies of the era, and for allowing characters to "sin on film", without a suitable punishment also being depicted, in violation of the Production Code. Much of the publicity surrounding the release of the film focused on Jane Russell, and she established a solid film career, despite critics giving her performance in The Outlaw poor reviews.Buetel's performance was also highly criticised, and he languished with Hughes refusing to allow him to work. The director Howard Hawks tried to secure his services for the film Red River (1948), but after Hughes refused to allow Buetel to take part, Montgomery Clift was chosen and Clift went on to an active film career.In 1951 Buetel appeared in Best of the Badmen, his first film appearance in eleven years. Over the next few years he appeared in five more films, and made infrequent appearances on television. In 1956, he landed the role of 41-year-old Jeff Taggert in Edgar Buchanan's syndication western series, Judge Roy Bean. Others who appeared regularly in the 39-episode series, set in Langtry, Texas, were Jackie Loughery, X Brands, Tristram Coffin, Glenn Strange, and Lash La Rue. Buetel's last acting role was in a 1961 episode of Wagon Train. He also appeared as himself in the 1982 Night of 100 Stars television special.He died in Portland, Oregon, and was buried at Portland Memorial Park.The first time I saw this movie was in 1950 in a local cinema in Barcelona,(​​double session). in those days was something daring for a film the scenes between Jack Russell and Jean Beutel, although personally I was impressed mainly by the beauty of Jane Russell. I love the way the plot of the film, especially by the end of the story, unlike some other versions as to the truth of whether it was who killed Pat Garrett Billy the Kid. I prefer this ending for me was a surprise. It was a pity that Howard Hughes thus ruin the career of a good actor like Jack Beutel, but it also happened with other very good players, which ended up being ignored and forgotten. back to the movie I liked a lot. photography is excellent, the normal dialogs, the correct interpretation, since the lack of a good director and best screenplay had yielded better results. definitely a good movie.