Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Billy the Kid is one of the Wild West's most infamous outlaws, but what drove him to commit such acts, and how did he become a legend?

From executive producer Robert Redford, Robert Redford’s The West explores the dramatic evolution of the American West, when cowboys, Indians, outlaws and sheriffs populated the land.

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