Movie Type: Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film, Traditional Western
Themes: Sheriffs and Outlaws
Main Cast: Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Jack Warden, Sian Barbara Allen, David Huddleston
Release Year: 1973
Country: UK
Run Time: 80 minutes
Plot
Though Desi Arnaz plays the title role, Gregory Peck is top billed in Billy Two Hats. Arnaz plays a thief who teams up with Scottish bank bandit Peck. A botched robbery results in a tiny amount of cash and an accidental killing. Peck rescues the captured Billy, enduring a leg wound in the process. While resting in the home of an old rancher, Peck goes off in search of a doctor, while Billy enjoys the sexual favors of the rancher's young wife. This interruption in the bandits' escape enables Indian-hating sheriff Jack Warden to catch up with Arnaz and Peck. A last-reel shoot-out ensues, involving sheriff's deputies, the rancher, and a band of Indian renegades. Billy Two Hats (reissued as The Lady and the Outlaw) was the first American western to be filmed in Israel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
John Pearce - Spencer; Ze'ev Berlinsky - Second Indian; Henry Medicine Hat - Third Indian; Antony Scott - Fourth Indian; Vincent St. Cyr - Indian; Dawn Little Sky - Squaw
Credit
Lynn Stalmaster - Casting, Howard Grigsby - First Assistant Director, Paul Ibbetson - First Assistant Director, Ted Kotcheff - Director, Thom Noble - Editor, John Scott - Composer (Music Score), Wally Schneiderman - Makeup, Paul Wilson - Camera Operator, Anthony Pratt - Production Designer, Brian West - Cinematographer, Brian Burgess - Production Manager, Norman Jewison - Producer, Patrick Palmer - Producer, Les Hillman - Special Effects, Alan Sharp - Screenwriter
