
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.


“The west just got wilder.”
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.

Emilio Estevez
William H. 'Billy the Kid' Bonney

Kiefer Sutherland
Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock

Lou Diamond Phillips
Jose Chavez y Chavez

Christian Slater
Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh

William Petersen
Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett

Alan Ruck
Hendry William French

R. D. Call
D.A. Rynerson

Balthazar Getty
Tom O'Folliard

Jack Kehoe
Ashmun Upson

Robert Knepper
Deputy Carlyle
Young Guns II is a western, adventure film released in 1990 exploring themes of prison, prostitute, sheriff, bounty hunter, mexico, escape. Directed by Geoff Murphy, it stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips. Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.
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