The Outlaw is a 1943 American Western film directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell and Walter Huston. Hughes also produced the film, and Howard Hawks served as an uncredited co-director. The film is notable as Russell's breakthrough role to becoming a sex symbol and Hollywood icon. Later advertising billed Russell as the sole star. The Outlaw is an early example of a psychological Western. the film was shown in theaters for one week in 1943 before being withdrawn due to the purportedly lewd film  for having violated the Production Code. The Outlaw was released widely on April 23, 1946, when RKO Radio Pictures premiered the film in San Francisco, where it became a box-office hit. Condition  fair - very appealing at a distance but very creased close up with writing top and bottom margins 27 x 40 ins approx