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Young Guns
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Young Guns (1988) -- A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
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Young Guns (1988) -- A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
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Director:
Christopher Cain
Writer (WGA):
John Fusco (written by)
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Release Date:
12 August 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
Six reasons why the west was wild. more
Plot:
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
In the final battle at the end of the movie, Emilio Estevez (Billy the Kid) shoots Charlie Crawford. Charlie Crawford is the name of his brother Charlie Sheen's character in the TV series "Spin City" (1996). more
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Anachronisms: In the opening titles, several of the characters are firing Colt double-action revolvers of a type which was not introduced until thirty years after the events depicted in the film. more
Quotes:
Alex McSween: I'm not leaving my house.
William H. Bonney: Alex, if you stay they're gonna kill you. And then I'm gonna have to to go around and kill all the guys who killed you. That's a lot of killing.
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Referenced in Long Ranger and Tonton (Shooting Stars of the West) (1989) more

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Not bad, not bad at all, 1 January 2003
7/10
Author: grahamsj2 from SE US

This film stars many of the fine young actors that are coming of age today. They were good in this film. This film is primarily about youth and how it can be lost so quickly, so easily. All of these guys became men too young and lost their chance for youth. And they paid for it. This is also about good and evil. Emelio Estevez is excellent as the more or less evil Billy the Kid. He and the others (Keifer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips are given a chance to become "good" after straying from the right path. When their benefactor is murdered, they seek revenge and they get it "their way", and in the process, become wanted men. The acting is the strength here, not the story. These young guns grew up to become great actors, every one of them. This is an excellent example of their best early work.

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