Outlaw into theaters for one week in 1943, and then it was pulled due to violations of the Production Code. The film was released widely on April 23, 1946, when RKO Radio Pictures premiered the film in San Francisco, where it became a box-office hit. By the end of 1946, the film had earned $3 million in domestic rentals. Additional re-releases in 1950 and 1952 brought its lifetime rental earnings to $5.075 million. Hughes sued Classic Film Museum, Inc. and Alan J. Taylor for unlawful distribution of Hell's Angels, Scarface, and The Outlaw. When it emerged that The Outlaw had fallen into the public domain in 1969 for lack of copyright renewal, the case was settled, with Classic Film Museum agreeing to stop distribution of the two copyrighted titles, and Hughes withdrawing his claim on The Outlaw. The film was later colorized twice. The first colorization was released by Hal Roach Studios in 1988. The second colorized version, produced by Legend Films, was released to DVD on June 16, 2009, featuring both the newly colorized edition and a restored black-and-white edition of the film. The DVD version also featured an audio commentary by Jane Russell and actress Terry Moore, Hughes's alleged wife. Russell approved of the colorization, stating "The color looked great. It was not too strong, like in many of the early colorized movies that made the films look cheap." Notes External links Advertising Blimp "Kept off the screen for 3 years, it's coming at last! The Outlaw starring Jane Russell" 1943 films 1943 Western (genre) films 1940s English-language films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Articles containing video clips Biographical films about Billy the Kid Cultural depictions of Doc Holliday Cultural depictions of Pat Garrett Films directed by Howard Hawks Films directed by Howard Hughes Films scored by Victor Young Films set in New Mexico Films with screenplays by Jules Furthman Obscenity controversies in film RKO Pictures films Revisionist Western (genre) films 1940s American films