Billy the Kid Returns
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joseph Kane
Written by	Jack Natteford (original screenplay)
Produced by	Charles E. Ford (associate producer)
Starring	Roy Rogers
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Edited by	Lester Orlebeck
Music by	William Lava
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	September 4, 1938 (1938-09-04)
Running time	53 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Billy the Kid Returns is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.

Plot

Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett, lookalike deputy sheriff Roy Rogers, assisted by travelling musical instrument salesman Frog Millhouse, takes his place to defend the honest settlers of Lincoln County, New Mexico, from evil ranchers.

Cast

• Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers / Billy the Kid
• Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
• Lynne Roberts as Ellen Moore
• Morgan Wallace as J. B. Morganson
• Fred Kohler as Matson
• Wade Boteler as Sheriff Pat Garrett
• Edwin Stanley as Nathaniel Moore
• Horace Murphy as Mr. Miller - Homesteader
• Joseph Crehan as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
• Robert Emmett Keane as Mr. Page

Soundtrack

• Roy Rogers – "Born to the Saddle" (Written by Eddie Cherkose)
• Roy Rogers – "Trail Blazin'" (Written by Eddie Cherkose)
• Roy Rogers – "Save a Smile for a Rainy Day" (Written by Sid Robin and Foy Willing)
• Smiley Burnette – "Sing a Little Song About Anything" (Written by Smiley Burnette)
• Roy Rogers – "When I Camped Under the Stars" (Written by Tim Spencer)
• Roy Rogers – "When the Sun is Setting on the Prairie" (Written by Eddie Cherkose and Alberto Colombo)