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Young Guns
Young Guns is a 1988 American Western action film directed and produced by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film dramatizes the adventures of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War, which took place in New Mexico in 1877–78. It stars Emilio Estevez as Billy, and Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko as the other Lincoln County Regulators. The supporting cast features Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, and Jack Palance.
Plot
In 1870s Lincoln County, New Mexico, English cattleman John Tunstall hires a wayward young gunman named William “Billy the Kid” Bonney to join the "Regulators" who lived and worked on his ranch: Doc Scurlock, Jose Chavez y Chavez, Dick Brewer, "Dirty" Steve Stephens, and Charlie Bowdre. Tunstall tries to educate and civilize the young men in his employ, and clashed with rival rancher Lawrence Murphy, a well-connected Irishman in league with the corrupt House.
More details
| author | John Fusco |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Mexico |
| director | Christopher Cain |
| editor | Jack Hofstra |
| events | Lincoln County War |
| genre | action adventure drama western |
| keywords | alexander mcsween billy the kid bloodshed bounty hunter buckshot roberts burn bury california charlie bowdre corrupt sheriff dick brewer doc scurlock fort sumner gatling gun house injured john kinney john tunstall jose chavez y chavez kill lawrence murphy lincoln county regulators married navajo new year new year\'s day on the run pat garrett peyote regulator rescue richard m. brewer santa fe ring shoot surround suspect trap u.s. army want west william “billy the kid” bonney william j. brady wound |
| musicBy | Anthony Marinelli Brian Banks |
| producer | Joe Roth |
| productionCompany | Morgan Creek Productions |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox Vestron Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Mexico |
| theme | biographical |