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Dirty Little Billy (1972)

Director: Stan Dragoti

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From Time Out Film Guide

A surreally realistic account of the pre-fame days of Billy the Kid (characterised by Pollard as the mental retard of history) that culminates in the first of his many killings. A film full of contradictions: Dragoti's vision of the West is truly unromantic, Coffeyville, Kansas, being seen as a mudbath with the saloon as a womb no one wants to leave, yet at the same time the visuals are breathtakingly beautiful. Well worth a look.

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Cast & crew

Director: Stan Dragoti

Producer: Jack L Warner

Cast: Michael J Pollard, Lee Purcell, Richard Evans, Charles Aidman, Dran Hamilton, Willard Sage, Gary Busey full cast

Genre(s): Westerns

Duration: 100 mins


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