EPILOGUE: Thus, as the ways of law came to the last frontier, the last of the men of violence found his peace.
FOREWORD: The history of the West was written with the blood of men both good and bad. In 1880 the last frontier was being won to the music of six-shooters on the cattle ranges. At this time, and into the stirring scene, there rode a young outlaw who lived his violent hour in defiance of an advancing civilization. His name has gone down in legend as 'Billy The Kid.'
The opening title card reads, "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Robert Taylor as Billy the Kid," but the end credits list Taylor's role as "William Bonney."