Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.
Jack Buetel
as Billy the Kid
Jane Russell
as Rio McDonald
Thomas Mitchell
as Pat Garrett
Walter Huston
as Doc Holliday
Mimi Aguglia
as Guadalupe
Joe Sawyer
as Charley Woodruff
Gene Rizzi
as Stranger
Bobby Callahan
as Boy (uncredited)
MartÃn Garralaga
as Mike the Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Johnson
as Deputy (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
as Boy (uncredited)
Cecil Kellogg
as Deputy (uncredited)
