The Outlaw (1943) on Netflix
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett welcomes his old friend Doc Holliday to Lincoln, New Mexico. Doc's stolen horse turns up with Billy the Kid, and the two men become friends.
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Plot summary
Pat Garrett has just taken office as sheriff of Lincoln, New Mexico, and he is glad to see Doc Holliday step off the stagecoach. Doc is hunting a strawberry roan that was stolen from him, and the animal turns up in the keeping of Billy the Kid, who claims he paid someone else for it. The two men spar over the horse yet take a liking to each other, which cools Doc's friendship with Garrett. That night Doc returns to steal the roan back, and Billy is waiting for him. Billy then sleeps in the barn, where Rio McDonald, Doc's love interest, ambushes him. She holds the Kid to blame for her brother's death.
Cast
- Bobby Callahanas Boy (uncredited)
- Cecil Kelloggas Deputy (uncredited)
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Outlaw (1943)
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- Howard Hughes designed a cantilevered underwire bra with curved metal supports sewn into the cups and shoulder straps to emphasize Jane Russell's bust in The Outlaw. Russell later said the contraption was so uncomfortable that she secretly discarded it.
- Facing the loss of millions of dollars, Howard Hughes deliberately set out to get The Outlaw banned: his managers called ministers, women's clubs and housewives about the purportedly lewd film, sparking the protests and ban calls he hoped would create demand for its release.
- A talent agent spotted Jane Russell at a photographer's studio, leading either Howard Hughes or Howard Hawks to hire her, and she was hired after a single audition. The story that Hughes discovered her working as a receptionist for a dentist or podiatrist was false.
- When it emerged that The Outlaw had fallen into the public domain in 1969 for lack of copyright renewal, Hughes's lawsuit against Classic Film Museum, Inc. and Alan J. Taylor over unlawful distribution was settled: the museum stopped distributing Hell's Angels and Scarface and Hughes dropped his Outlaw claim.
- After having trouble finding somewhere in Detroit to play The Outlaw, Howard Hughes took a 15-year lease on the RKO Downtown there so he could screen the film in the city and defy the Hays office and censors.
