Billy the Kid is revered by homesteaders for his help, even though he has become a thief and a murderer. After he escapes from a shootout with lawmen and is recaptured by his former friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Garrett is forced to kill him rather than let him escape again. Meanwhile, Roy Rogers, who bears a strikling resemblance to Billy, helps a wagon train of new “nesters,” as the homesteaders are called, from attacks by the ranchers. Although Garrett is suspicious of Rogers, Sheriff Conway convinces him that Roy’s resemblance to Billy can work to their advantage. Roy is secretly deputized to pose as Billy, and helps the nesters, while remaining loyal to Garrett. When rancher and town boss Morganson and his henchman Matson plan to steal money from honest merchant Danny O’Moore, Roy overhears and takes the money first, making Garrett, Moore and his daughter Ellen think that he has been deceiving them. With his own cunning and the help of his childhood friend Fran “Frog” Milhouse, though, Roy defeats Morganson and his gang, returns the money, and wins the respect of the entire town. Now convinced of his honesty, Garrett willingly accepts Roy as his deputy, and Moore accepts him as a future son-in-law. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
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