The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
122 audience votes
Key crew
- Leslie StevensScreenplay
- Arthur PennDirector
- Alexander CourageOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul NewmanBilly The Kid
- Lita MilanCelsa
- John DehnerPat Garrett
- Hurd HatfieldMoultrie
- James CongdonCharlie Boudre
- James BestTom Folliard
- Colin Keith-JohnstonTunstall
- John DierkesMcSween
- Robert AndersonHill
- Wally BrownDeputy Moon
- Martín GarralagaSaval
- Denver PyleOllinger
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Themes
revengecattlemangun fightpat garrettcorrupt sheriffcowboys and outlawsbilly the kid