Sheriff of Sage Valley

Framed (he's really innocent in this) outlaw Billy the kid rides into the town of Sage Valley. After saving the Mayor from a beating, he's appointed the new sheriff, tangling with a crooked land swindling casino owner who uses gambler's credit to take away homesteader's property and is actually a front for Kansas Ed, a wanted criminal that happens to be Billy's double and may or may not be his long lost brother!

Another entry in Producers Releasing Corporation's Billy The Kid series, this has the requisite amount of action, gun play, and fast paced heroics (with one really well done fist-fight) that fans of the series would expect.

The real draw here is seeing Buster Crabbe acting opposite himself in a dual role as hero and (for the only time I can think of) villain, with a handful of neat split screen scenes of the two characters interacting with one another.

Overall, this is above average and worth viewing for fans of poverty-row westerns.

The Sheriff Of Sage Valley finds Billy the Kid and his two sidekicks Dave O'Brien and Al St. John stopping a holdup and saving the loot, but the sheriff who was riding in the stagecoach with other passengers was killed and the story doesn't quite add up.

Sage Valley has been plagued with an outlaw gang that has many venues of crime including a crooked saloon. With a few fronts it's all ultimately controlled by an outlaw named Kansas Ed. Who is a dead ringer for Buster Crabbe as Billy and could be a long lost brother.

The script is rather clumsy in describing just how these two had not met for many years. But Buster Crabbe who was admittedly no Olivier, Brando, or Tracy acquits himself well in the dual role. The climax fight scene between both of them and the outcome is a heart wringer and above what you get in PRC Poverty Row westerns. Worth checking out.