Pat Garrett arrives in Abilene where he catches five of Butch Cassidy's gang. He calls in Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson and they learn there is a half million dollar shipment of money arriving by train and Cassidy is amassing enough men to take it.
Acting
Neville Brand's snake-like smirk steals every scene.
Production
Somehow crammed four Wild West icons into 69 minutes.
Practical Effects
Real horses, real dust, real sweaty 1950s machismo.
Director
Fred F. Sears
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buster Crabbe played Flash Gordon in the 1930s serials — this is his cowboy retirement era. The man went from space to the saloon.
1958 was peak 'legend pile-up' Western era — studios threw every famous name at scripts hoping one stuck. This is cinematic gumbo.
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