to get away from the sheriff. Keating's men doesn't buy the lie, so Hickey tries to stall them with negotiations, while sending for reinforcements. After talking to Hickey, Jim seems to have switched sides, telling the sheriff to lock up Billy and another one of Keating's men, Tim Ward (Henry O'Neill). He says it's for their own protection, but Billy doesn't believe him. Hickey tries to make the sheriff shoot Billy and say that he was trying to escape from jail, but Ward manages to disarm the sheriff, and later Billy kills him, thinking he is still trying to kill them. Billy and Ward track down the men who killed Keating and shoots them one by one. When they are all dead, Jim and Hickey turns up. Jim tries to stop Billy from shooting Hickey, but when Hickey flees the scene Billy shoots him in the back. The story ends with Billy challenging his old friend Jim, but he has shifted hands and is now using his right hand to draw instead of his usual quick left. Because of this, Jim is faster and kills Billy, and afterwards Jim realizes that Billy shifted hands deliberately and let him win. Music Ormond B. Ruthven and Albert Mannheimer wrote the song "Viva La Vida" for the film. Cast Robert Taylor as Billy the Kid Brian Donlevy as Jim Sherwood Ian Hunter as Eric Keating Mary Howard as Edith Keating Gene Lockhart as Dan Hickey Lon Chaney Jr. as 'Spike' Hudson Henry O'Neill as Tim Ward Guinn Williams as Ed Bronson Cy Kendall as Cass McAndrews, sheriff Ted Adams as "Buz" Cobb Frank Conlan as Judge Blake Frank Puglia as Pedro Gonzales Production Parts of the film were shot in Monument Valley. Both Taylor and Donlevy were ten years older than the real Billy and Pat were in 1880, the year the film begins. Box office According to MGM records the film earned $1,518,000 in the US and Canada and $914,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $41,000. See also Billy the Kid (1989 film) References External links 1941 films Remakes of American films Biographical films about Billy the Kid Cultural depictions of Pat Garrett 1940s English-language films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1941 Western (genre) films Films directed by David Miller Films set in 1880 Films set in New Mexico Films shot in Utah American Western (genre) films 1941 drama films 1940s American films