Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid

Year: 1989

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: William A. Graham

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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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