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Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 96 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William A. Graham
- Starring
- Val Kilmer, Wilford Brimley, Burr Steers, Gore Vidal, Andrew Bicknell, Duncan Regehr
The TV movie dramatizes the life of Billy the Kid, portraying him as both a cold‑blooded murderer and an All‑American youth, following Gore Vidal’s historical novel. Produced for Turner Network Television, the adaptation brings Vidal’s vivid, revisionist portrait of the legendary outlaw to the screen.
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