James Coburn
Sheriff Patrick J. Garrett
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May 23, 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado. Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
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- Biography, Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1973-05-23
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a 1973 American revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards, Slim Pickens and Bob Dylan.
Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) is ordered by Governor Wallace (Jason Robards) to go after the outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) because the cattle businessmen want him caught....
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- Sam Peckinpah
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- James Coburn
The movie tells a simple story, simple-mindedly. "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," good and true friends from way back, find themselves on opposite sides of the law when Garrett becomes sheriff. He locks Billy up for an old murder, and Billy is scheduled to hang in three days.
As newly minted lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) stalks the outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) across the plains, their old friendship is twisted into rivalry, and mythic ideals of freedom come up against an emerging ruling-class order—all to the strains of a haunting soundtrack by Bob Dylan (who also appears as the mercurial Alias).
- Pat Garrett
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. Oscar-winner James Coburn portrays legendary outlaw Billy the Kid's childhood friend, Pat Garrett. Now a law-abiding sheriff, he arrests Billy for murder. 1,020 1 h 55 min 1973. X-Ray R. Western · Gritty · Thrilling. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.79. Buy. HD $9.99. More purchase. options.
Hailed as one of Sam Peckinpah’s misunderstood masterpieces, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidis the film that ended the filmmaker’s informal revisionist western trilogy, after Ride the High Countryand The Wild Bunch.
