Billy the Kid

1941 film by Frank Borzage, David Miller
Movie film Q1199345
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Summary

Billy the Kid is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: David Miller[3], Frank Borzage[4]
  • Screenwriter: Gene Fowler[5]
  • Composer: David Snell[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7]
  • Cast member: Robert Taylor[8], Brian Donlevy[9], Ian Hunter[10], Mary Howard de Liagre[11], Gene Lockhart[12], Lon Chaney Jr.[13], Henry O'Neill[14], Chill Wills[15], Dick Curtis[16], Ethel Griffies[17], Frank Puglia[18], Grant Withers[19], Guinn "Big Boy" Williams[20], Joe Yule[21]
  • Producer: Irving Asher[22]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[23]
  • Director of photography: William V. Skall[24], Leonard Smith[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27]
  • Color: color[28]
  • Country of origin: United States[29]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1941[30]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[31]
  • Narrative location: New Mexico[32]
  • Filming location: Utah[33]
  • Film editor: Robert J. Kern[34]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color[35]
  • Title: Billy the Kid[36]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[37]
  • Duration: 94 minutes[38]
  • Production designer: Cedric Gibbons[39]

Why It Matters

Billy the Kid has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'gl', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pt', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W063871
    Sitelink count → 11
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W063871, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · Davidultra · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinema.de id → 88949
    Tv spielfilm film id → 88949
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cinema.de id: 88949"
  3. 6w ago · Davidultra · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Moviepilot.de film id → der-letzte-bandit
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Moviepilot.de film id: der-letzte-bandit"
  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 1967
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 1967, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Cedric Gibbons
    Publication date → +1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Gene Fowler
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+94'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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