When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.

• Haroll Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Paul Newman
• Lita Milan
• John Dehner
• Hurd Hatfield
• James Congdon
• James Best
• Colin Keith-Johnston
• John Dierkes