Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid is Arrested | Warner Classics

Newly elected Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) is given his first job, to arrest his old friend Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson). Billy and his gang can't fend off Garrett's crew and is taken in where he will get a loose rope and a long drop.

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About Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Theatrical Release - May 23, 1973):
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. Sentenced to hang, Billy escapes in a hail of gunfire forcing Pat to hunt him down.

Directed by acclaimed action director Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs) and starring Coburn (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven), with Kris Kristofferson (A Star is Born) as Billy the Kid, as well as Oscar-winner Jason Robards (Philadelphia, All the President's Men), Oscar-nominee Katy Jurado (High Noon) and Oscar-winner Chill Wills (The Alamo, Meet Me in St. Louis), Harry Dean Stanton (Alien, Kelly's Heroes), Slim Pickens (Dr. Strangelove) and music legend Bob Dylan (the film also features his classic hit, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid remains a landmark cinematic statement.

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