 The character of Rio originally was based on Billy the Kid, as  recounted in Charles Neider (qv)s novel "The Authentic Death of  Hendry Jones." Sam Peckinpah (qv), who wrote an early version of  the script and who later went on to direct  _Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)_ (qv), said in a 1973 "Playboy"  magazine interview that Marlon Brando (qv) would not play a  villain, and Billy the Kid most definitely was a villain.  Peckinpahs 1973 film shares some narrative elements with this film  and it also featured "Jacks" co