Fugitive of the Plains is a 1943 English-language Action Adventure film written by George Wallace Sayre and directed by Sam Newfield and produced by Sigmund Neufeld. Billy the Kid learns that someone in Red Rock is impersonating him, causing a warrant to be issued for his arrest. On the way there he and Fuzzy Jones witness a hold-up by a gang of outlaws led by Kate Shelly and Billy decides to join the gang in order to clear his name. Kate sends Billy to rob the stagecoach and then has the sheriff tipped off so that Billy will be caught. Billy captures two of Kate's gang and learns about the tip-off, and tells Kate he couldn't pull off the robbery because the sheriff had been informed. Kate gives Billy the assignment of helping her rob the Red Rock Bank and,this time, Billy tells the Sheriff but he also warns Kate not to go through with the robbery because he knows she will be caught. But Kate, suspicious of Billy, has him imprisoned and rides on over to Red Rock to rob the bank. Kate is wounded in the hold-up and flees with the Sheriff in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, Billy has escaped and arrives in time to save Kate from falling from her horse. He takes her to his hideout and is trying to help the wounded girl when her chief henchman, Dillon , shows up. Written by Les Adams. Fugitive of the plains features See Below in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie, Jack Ingram, Kermit Maynard and Karl Hackett. The music was composed by Leo Erdody. Cinematography was done by Jack Greenhalgh and editing by Holbrook N. Todd. The film has a running time of 56-50 minutes ,38 minutes. It was released on 1st April 1943.