Dirty Little Billy (1972)Director:Stan Dragoti |
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Dirty Little Billy (1972)Director:Stan Dragoti |
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Richard Evans | ... |
Goldie
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| Lee Purcell | ... |
Berle
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Charles Aidman | ... |
Ben Antrim
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Dran Hamilton | ... | |
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Willard Sage | ... |
Henry McCarty
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| Mills Watson | ... |
Ed
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Alex Wilson | ... |
Len
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Ronny Graham | ... |
Charle Nile
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Josip Elic | ... |
Jawbone
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Richard Stahl | ... |
Earl Lovitt
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| Gary Busey | ... |
Basil Crabtree
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| Dick Van Patten | ... |
Berle's customer
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Scott Walker | ... |
Stormy
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Rosary Nix | ... |
Louisiana
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I haven't seen this film for some years, but it made quite an impression. My memory of the plot is sketchy, but I remember a pungent sense of place and the black humour of re-presenting an outlaw hero as a dysfunctional teenager. Michael J Pollard was "hot" in my mind due to his showing in Hannibal Brooks. He certainly went for broke with his portrayal of Billy as a bumbling and baffled (retarded, even?) teen in a Wild West that is knee-deep in mud and horse-muck. The pistols Billy wielded seemed almost too big for him, huge, clumsy and old-fashioned. Certainly as a impressionable British youngster, I'd never seen anything like it before.
I'm more than pleased to encourage others to seek it out. It could well be a bit of a hidden gem - the flavour and satirical energy of the piece are surely in tune with today's tastes.