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Dirty Little Billy

  • 19721972
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  • 1h 33m
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6.2/10
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Dirty Little Billy (1972)
A more realistic, based-on-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid.
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A more realistic, based-on-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid.A more realistic, based-on-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid.A more realistic, based-on-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
574
YOUR RATING
    • Stan Dragoti
    • Charles Moss(story)
    • Stan Dragoti(story)
  • Stars
    • Michael J. Pollard
    • Richard Evans
    • Lee Purcell
    • Stan Dragoti
    • Charles Moss(story)
    • Stan Dragoti(story)
  • Stars
    • Michael J. Pollard
    • Richard Evans
    • Lee Purcell
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    • 19User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Dirty Little Billy (1972)
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    Dran Hamilton, Michael J. Pollard, and Willard Sage in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Lee Purcell, Richard Evans, and Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Lee Purcell and Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Dran Hamilton, Michael J. Pollard, and Willard Sage in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Lee Purcell, Josip Elic, Richard Evans, and Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Dran Hamilton and Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
    Lee Purcell and Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)
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    Lee Purcell and Michael J. Pollard in Dirty Little Billy (1972)

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    Michael J. Pollard
    Michael J. Pollard
    • Billy Bonney
    Richard Evans
    Richard Evans
    • Goldie
    Lee Purcell
    Lee Purcell
    • Berle
    Charles Aidman
    Charles Aidman
    • Ben Antrim
    Dran Hamilton
    Dran Hamilton
    • Catherine McCarty
    Willard Sage
    Willard Sage
    • Henry McCarty
    Mills Watson
    Mills Watson
    • Ed
    Alex Wilson
    Alex Wilson
    • Len
    Ronny Graham
    Ronny Graham
    • Charle Nile
    Josip Elic
    Josip Elic
    • Jawbone
    Richard Stahl
    Richard Stahl
    • Earl Lovitt
    Gary Busey
    Gary Busey
    • Basil Crabtree
    Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten
    • Berle's Customer
    Scott Walker
    • Stormy
    Rosary Nix
    • Louisiana
    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Young punk
    Craig Bovia
    • Buffalo hunter
    Severn Darden
    Severn Darden
    • Big Jim McDaniel
      • Stan Dragoti
      • Charles Moss(story) (screenplay)
      • Stan Dragoti(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Nick Nolte's film debut.
    • Goofs
      At the town meeting, Billy's family is introduced as the McCarty Family, but Billy's stepfather's last name was actually Antrim.
    • Quotes

      Ben Antrim: All right, Billy. All right. You still haven't answered my question. What do you want to do?

      Billy Bonney: Nothin'.

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    6/10
    The other end of the spectrum
    Watch Dirty Little Billy back-to-back with Young Guns for a testimonial to how little faith you can place in Hollywood to give you an accurate portrayal of history.

    In the latter we have William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, portrayed as the fastest, cleverest, most ruthless and domineering youngster ever born...a boy capable of shooting it out with a dozen experienced gunfighters and living to tell about it. Then, in the former, we have the very same William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, now portrayed as this skinny little punk with his hands wrapped in bandages because farm work is too rough on his delicate skin. He follows his hero, Goldie, around obsequiously, and trembles like he's giving birth to porcupines whenever he's got a gun in his hands.

    So which one is accurate? Neither, of course; they're both Hollywood characters. They're both historical B.S., just like almost every other movie ever made about any other famous person who ever lived. I'm sure the real Billy the Kid fell somewhere far in between those two portrayals. No human being that ever lived could have survived all those gunfights that super-bad Emilio Esteves won so easily. (must be kin to Sylvester Stallone), just as a sissy like Michael J. Pollard could never have survived for two days as an outlaw in the Wild West.

    But, is the movie good? Yeah, for entertainment value it's O.K. I guess, but my being an old fart that saw it at the drive-in, back in '73, may have something to do with that opinion. (It came on Encore Channel last night, which is why I'm writing this) I also kind of enjoyed Young Guns, even though I had to roll my eyes alot at the ridiculosity of it all. (It IS a word...I just invented it)

    If you're a teenage badass wannabe, you probably won't like this flick. It will make you feel uncomfortable as you spot your own sad little weaknesses in Pollard's character. Someone like you is better off fantasizing that you're Vin Diesel, while you watch Fast and Furious or something equally low-brow and gangsta-oriented.
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    • Release date
      • November 1972 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Golder Ranch, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • WRG/Dragoti Productions Ltd.
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
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