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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
4,281 Views


the yoke on you, John. Of course, they want me out,

too. They figure with me gone, no lawyer would be

crazy enough to represent you.

TUNSTALL:

You've heard of English tenacity, haven't you? A

toast to uh...enough grit to finish the last realm!

Besides... if we gave in and left... who'd look

after my boys?

CHARLEY:

Uh, medicine...

LADIES:

Oh...?

CHARLEY:

Yes, I should receive my degree from St. Michael's

in July...and then I should be practicing here in

Lincoln until my missionary to in the islands.

GIRLS:

How nice.

DOC:

Howdy... My name's Doc...

MURPHY:

What...what can I do for you young man?

DOC:

Well sir, if you're an acquaintance of the young

miss... I was wondering if I could intrigue the

young lady to a dance?

MURPHY:

Why, certainly.

DOC:

Thank you. What's your name?

YEN SUN:

Yen Sun.

DOC:

That's beautiful. You're a friend of Mr. Murphy's?

YEN SUN:

He is my guardian.

DOC:

How?

PAT:

Hello there...

BILLY:

Hello back... William Bonney, sir.

PAT:

Pat Garret... pleasure. Excuse us, friend. We have a

request for the band.

BILLY:

Pat Garret. She'll love that I get to be as big as

him. No... bigger!

DOC:

So shows the snowy dove trooping with crows... As

yonder lady order her fellow's chose...

YEN SUN:

Pardon me?

DOC:

Uh... That's poem. I'm a poet. I wrote it.

MURPHY:

I'm sorry young man... but we must be getting along.

DOC:

We're getting along famously, thank you very much.

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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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