American Experience: Billy the Kid

Starring: Jensen, Robert and McKechnie, Lee

On April 28, 1881, twenty-one-year-old Henry McCarty, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, just days from being hanged for murder, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of miraculous escapes. An outlaw with a deadly reputation, the young man was finally gunned down by the ambitious sheriff Pat Garrett just a few weeks later. The felling of one of the most notorious criminals of the age made front-page news and marked the...

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 841887016162
• Release Date: February 2012
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: PBS
• Director: Maggio, John
• Starring: Jensen, Robert, McKechnie, Lee
• Runtime: 1 hour
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher