''Frontier Outlaws'' is a 1944 American

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film directed by Sam Newfield shot at the

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.Schneider, Jerry L. ''The Corriganville Movie Ranch Filmography'' Lulu Press, Inc, 29 Jun 2014 It was the second film in

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's Billy the Kid

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where Crabbe changed his name to "Billy Carson".

Plot

A gang of

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s and claim jumpers are terrorising the town of Wolf Valley and hire a fast gun to get rid of Billy Carson by running him out of town. To the villain's surprise Billy comes to a saloon frequented by the villains and runs the frightened

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out of town. When the gunslinger tries to shoot Billy in the back with a concealed

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Billy finishes him off. Though Judge James Ryan is well aware of the true situation he sentences Billy to a jail sentence of 30 days but secretly lets Billy loose to finish off the villains. Billy disguises himself as a Mexican

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interested in buying Barlow's rustled cattle in order to gain information to bring the outlaws to justice. Meanwhile, the outlaws threaten the feisty owner of the Circle C Ranch Ma Clark, but Ma is not the type to be pushed around; and she has her sights set on marrying Judge Ryan.

Cast

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimmi ...

as Billy Carson * Al St. John as

Fuzzy Q. Jones Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...

* Frances Gladwin as Pat Clark * Charles King as Barlow *

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as Ma Clark *

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as Judge James Ryan *

Kermit Maynard Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. Early years Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike younger brother of actor Ken Maynard; they were ...

as Henchman Wallace *

Ed Cassidy Edward Claude Cassidy (May 4, 1923 – December 6, 2012) was an American jazz and rock drummer who was one of the founders of the rock group Spirit in 1967. Biography Ed Cassidy was born in Harvey, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago on May 4 ...

as the Sheriff *

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as Henchman Taylor *

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as Bartender

Soundtrack

Tex Williams Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, " Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held t ...

and the Big Slicker Band - "Don't Waste No Worry Over Me" *"

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" - Music by Daniel E. Kelley

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* 1944 films 1944 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Billy the Kid (film series) Producers Releasing Corporation films American Western (genre) films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Sam Newfield 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub

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