I've been waiting 30 years to see it and Sony finally made it available on March 1, 2011. This movie totally de-constructs the myth of one Old West outlaw, Billy the Kid. It fictionally tries to show there was nothing glamorous about where he came from or how he developed into what he became. Pollard is perfect for the role. Lee Purcell is perfect in her role. Like so many others, I can't understand why she didn't become a bigger star. The early West was a mud hole. Every character in this movie is physically dirty including the usually beautiful Ms Purcell. The movie also hints that maybe outlaws weren't bigger than life but the opposite.
A punk with the biggest revolver I ever saw takes over the saloon in the middle of this wretched town. Everyone's afraid of a crazy with a gun. He takes Billy under his wing.
This movie is an antidote to the standard Hollywood & TV Western of the Fifties into the early Sixties.
A punk with the biggest revolver I ever saw takes over the saloon in the middle of this wretched town. Everyone's afraid of a crazy with a gun. He takes Billy under his wing.
This movie is an antidote to the standard Hollywood & TV Western of the Fifties into the early Sixties.