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Synopsis: John Tunstall (Terence Stamp), a distinguished British gentleman, employs downtrodden youths to tend his herd on the New Mexican frontier. When Tunstall is gunned down by the crooked Lawrence G. Murphy (Jack Palance), a ragtag group of cow hands -- including Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland), Richard Brewer (Charlie Sheen) and young William "Billy the Kid" Bonney (Emilio Estevez) -- ride forth in search of bloody vengeance for the death of their beloved mentor.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Production: Artisan Entertainment
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
R
Year:
1988
107 min
4,243 Views


Who will never succeed anywhere.

DICK:

Got a whole roomful of them right here.

TUNSTALL:

Well done. William?

BILLY:

Yeah, sure.

TUNSTALL:

Well, excuse me, Billy... Very sorry to offend you.

But we're congregated to learn to read and write.

You need more than the skill with the firearm to

succeed in the new world, Billy. So take up the

journal and start where the other boy left off. Or

you can go straight back to your home on the

streets.

BILLY:

'Young men who don't know how to do any kind of

business... have no energy or application... had

better stay at home near their relatives so they can

be taken care of.' 'They are not wanted here and

will only come to grief... but men of enterprise are

practically sure of success.'

TUNSTALL:

Splendid! A Splendid reading, William! Thank you.

Good-night gentlemen.

BOYS:

Good-night... Tunstall.

BRADY:

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

TUNSTALL:

Good afternoon, John.

BRADY:

John, Mr. Dolan and Mr. Murphy here are complaining

about their merchandise wagon being plundered... on

several occasions on their way into town. Quite

frankly, John, they think you're behind it.

DICK:

That's a fargin' lie and you know it!

TUNSTALL:

Richard! Sheriff Brady... Mister Murphy is going to

continue coming to you... and claiming I've taken

his property until I'm pronounced a thief and shaken

out of Lincoln. I've never touched his property. I

have no cause.

MURPHY:

Well, the Belted Earl has spoken. Look behind you,

Earl... all I see are hired thieves.

TUNSTALL:

These boys are promising young men... acquiring an

education.

MURPHY:

Well, I had you pegged as the type that uh... that

likes...educating young boys, Englishman. Rumor has

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John Fusco

John Fusco is an American screenwriter born in Prospect, Connecticut. His screenplays include Crossroads, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Thunderheart, Hidalgo, and the Oscar-nominated Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. more…

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