Story Line
When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
“I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.”
Top Cast
Paul Newman
Billy The Kid
Lita Milan
Celsa
John Dehner
Pat Garrett
Hurd Hatfield
Moultrie
James Congdon
Charlie Boudre
James Best
Tom Folliard
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Rating
6.1/ 10
Release Date
1958-04-30
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Western
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
7/10
•8/28/2014The demythologised account of Billy The Kid.
Billy Bonney is taken in by kindly rancher John Tunstall, he starts to learn respect and education, but then Tunstall is cruelly murdered. Bonney having been robbed of the one man he respected, shows hi...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•2/19/2026There is something of the original Chisum story to this western as William Bonney - aka “Billy the Kid” (Paul Newman) is hired by the decent Tunstall (Colin Keith-Johnson) to herd his cattle to Lincoln where it is to be used to feed the troops. The s...