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In the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bob Dylan played the character Alias. Was he a real person or fictitious? In An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett claims the Kid rode to Fort Bowie with a pal called Alias.

by | Apr 1, 2004 | Inside History

In the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bob Dylan played the character Alias. Was he a real person or fictitious? In An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett claims the Kid rode to Fort Bowie with a pal called Alias. Jari Teilas Kotka, Finland Billy the Kid expert Frederick Nolan says the only Arizona partner the Kid had in the horse thief business was an ex-soldier named John Mackie (McAcky). I believe Alias was a fictional character that Director Sam Peckinpah created especially fo


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