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Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid, also known as Billy the Kid, is a 1989 American western television film about famed gunman Billy the Kid. It aired on TNT cable channel on May 10, 1989.
Written by Gore Vidal and directed by William A. Graham, with Val Kilmer starring in the lead role of William Bonney a.k.a. Billy the Kid, and with a supporting cast including Wilford Brimley, John O'Hurley, Duncan Regehr, and Ned Vaughn.




Cast


Val Kilmer as Billy the Kid (William Bonney)
Duncan Regehr as Pat Garrett
Wilford Brimley as Gov. Lew Wallace
Julie Carmen as Celsa
Albert Salmi as Mr. Maxwell
Ned Vaughn as Charlie
Ric San Nicholas as Bell
Gore Vidal as Preacher (uncredited)
René Auberjonois as Tunstall's cousin (uncredited)
John O'Hurley as Dolan
Michael Parks as Rynerson
Burr Steers as Billy Henchman
Tiny Wells as Cowman
Red West as Joe Grant




Production


Vidal said in his memoirs that he had written the original teleplay for The Left Handed Gun, starring Paul Newman as Billy the Kid, decades earlier, and always felt the studio had butchered the material when his television play was used as the basis for a theatrical movie, so he wanted to return to the story for a more accurate rendition. At the time of his original teleplay with Newman, it was thought that the real Billy was left handed. This was based on a photo of Billy that had been inadvertently flipped when printed. Years later, the error was discovered—Billy was right handed.




References






External links



Billy the Kid at IMDb
Billy the Kid at AllMovie
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid, Review
Film Bug, Val Kilmer
Kilmer's Reputation for "Plunging into a character"
Billy the Kid (1989) Trailer

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