Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Portrays the historic confrontation between Garrett and Billy the Kid, who started out together as outlaws in the Old West but wound up on opposite sides of the law. Stars James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, and Slim Pickens. Written by Rudy Wurlitzer; directed by Sam Peckinpah; score by Bob Dylan, including "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."

In 1881, Billy Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, is in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico. As Billy awaits his execution in the Lincoln County Jail for the killing of Buckshot Roberts, he is taunted and beaten by self-righteous Deputy Sheriff Bob Olinger. An old friend of Billy's, Pat Garrett, rides into town with Deputy Sheriff J. W. Bell (Matt Clark) and joins the diversion. Garrett warns Olinger not to taunt Billy again or he will be fired and sent back to Texas. Six days later, Garrett and his deputies surround the small farmhouse where Billy and his