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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
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R,1hr 46min
Genre:
Western
Release:
1973
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan  ...more
Synopsis: A former friend betrays a legendary outlaw in Sam Peckinpah's final Western. Holed up in Fort Sumner with his gang between cattle rustlings, Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) ignores the advice of comrade-turned-lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) to escape to Mexico, and he winds up in jail in Lincoln, New Mexico. After Billy theatrically escapes, inspiring enigmatic Lincoln resident Alias (Bob Dylan) to join him, the governor (Jason Robards Jr.) and cattle baron Chisum (Barry Sullivan) requisition ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco
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Sam Peckinpah made several meditations on the death of the Old West, but few were ever as minimalist or challenging as Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Western fans expecting a kinetic buildup to a dramatic showdown between the title characters will be sorely disappointed: instead, Peckinpah and screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer go for a meditative approach where the ultimate fate of the characters is never ... Full Review
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James Coburn
Pat Garrett
Kris Kristofferson
Billy The Kid
Bob Dylan
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