Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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Directed by: Sam Peckinpah

Overview

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Reviews (3)

  • John Chard (Rated: 9)

    Ol' Pat... Sheriff Pat Garrett. Sold out to the Santa Fe ring. How does it feel?

    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Rudy Wurlitzer. It stars James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills and Barry Sullivan. Music is scor...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 5)

    Peckinpah’s lyrical (dull) Western with a great cast and Dylan’s music

    In 1881 New Mexico, Pat Garrett (James Coburn) is now a lawman working for ranch barons who want Garrett to take out his former wild friend, Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson). Everything leads to the final showdown at F...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    James Coburn has something of the Angel of Death to him in this rather pace-less but still quite enthralling story of these two men after they'd ceased being on the same side. His alter-ego here (Kris Kristofferson) is having some fun in New Mexico to the chagrin of some cattle ranchers and so they ...

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