Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
Johnny Mack Brown
as Billy the Kid
Wallace Beery
as Pat Garrett
Kay Johnson
as Claire
Karl Dane
as Swenson
Wyndham Standing
as John W. Tunston
Russell Simpson
as Angus McSween
Blanche Friderici
as Mrs. McSween
Roscoe Ates
as Old Stuff
Warner Richmond
as Bob Ballinger
James A. Marcus
as William P. Donovan
Nelson McDowell
as Hatfield
Jack Carlyle
as Dick Brewer