WesternActionAdventure

Young Guns

- Six reasons why the west was wild.

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Release Date : 1988-02-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Morgan Creek Entertainment20th Century FoxVestron Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Young Guns IYoung Guns 1Young Guns

Cast

Character Name : William H. Bonney

Original Name : Emilio Estevez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc Scurlock

Original Name : Kiefer Sutherland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chavez y Chavez

Original Name : Lou Diamond Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dick Brewer

Original Name : Charlie Sheen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dirty Steve Stephens

Original Name : Dermot Mulroney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charley Bowdre

Original Name : Casey Siemaszko

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Tunstall

Original Name : Terence Stamp

Gender : Male

Character Name : L. G. Murphy

Original Name : Jack Palance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alex McSween

Original Name : Terry O'Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susan McSween

Original Name : Sharon Thomas Cain

Gender : Female

Character Name : J. McCloskey

Original Name : Geoffrey Blake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yen Sun

Original Name : Alice Carter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Buckshot Roberts

Original Name : Brian Keith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Texas Joe Grant

Original Name : Thomas Callaway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pat Garrett

Original Name : Patrick Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mallory

Original Name : Lisa Banes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Morton

Original Name : Sam Gauny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baker

Original Name : Cody Palance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Hill

Original Name : Gadeek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice Wilson

Original Name : Victor Izay

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Kinney

Original Name : Allen Keller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peppin

Original Name : Craig Erickson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dolan

Original Name : Jeremy Lepard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Brady

Original Name : Danny Kamin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar Girl

Original Name : Richela Renkun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janey

Original Name : Pat Finn-Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Colonel Dudley

Original Name : Gary Kanin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rynerson

Original Name : Forrest Broadley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Alan Tobin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hindman

Original Name : Joey Hamlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Loyd Lee Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manuela's Mother

Original Name : Elena Parres

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henchman Shot off of Roof (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Cruise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gatling Gun Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Randy Travis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Town person (uncredited)

Original Name : Tomas Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : John Pattison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Crawford (uncredited)

Original Name : W. Thomas Snyder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Regulator at Dance (uncredited)

Original Name : Lee Sollenberger

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

If we're caught, we're gonna hang... But there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. Young Guns is directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. It stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terry O'Quinn, Jack Palance and Terence Stamp. Music is by Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli and cinematography is by Dean Semler. Film is a telling of Billy the Kid's part in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico 1878. Plot sees the murder of John Tunstall send Billy and the rest of the Tunstall Regulators on a mission to avenge his murder. It ain't easy having pals. Often derided by Western movie purists as a sort of MTV Western made to showcase the various talents of the then Hollywood Brat Pack of Estevez, Sheen, Sutherland et al, Young Guns is actually a far more entertaining picture than some critical assessments suggest it is. It also has some rock solid Western history footings holding it up, yes it's far from accurate in various scenarios, age of characters and numbers in gangs etc, but the core story of the Lincoln County War is there. A massive success at the box office and spawning an equally successful sequel in 1990, Young Guns zips along at pace, contains high energy action sequences and provides plenty of quotable dialogue. Best of all, though, it doesn't take itself seriously, it wants to be a rooting-tooting Western of fun endeavours, if viewed on those terms it's an absolute winner, especially since the cast are playing it that way. Alex, if you stay they're gonna kill you. And then I'm gonna have to go around and kill all the guys who killed you. That's a lot of killing. Estevez is terrific as The Kid, blending boyish arrogance with fearless rage, a fun and scary character who is easy to get on the saddle with. Elsewhere it's a mixed bag, but apart from the disappointing Sheen, the casting decisions sit well and if you talk to ten different Young Guns fans you will most likely get a number of different answers come back as to who is their favourite Regulator (mine is Dirty Steve played by Mulroney if you are wondering?). O'Quinn is spot on as Alex McSween, Stamp adds classical tones to the ill fated John Tunstall and Palance is a neat fit as villain Lawrence Murphy. Nice to see Brian Keith get a cameo as a larger than life bounty hunter as well. Semler's photography and Cain's filming techniques are a bit too anachronistic at times and the Banks/Marinelli score too modern an accompaniment on occasions. But film rounds out as a nifty bit of Oater play for Gen X and showed that as the 1990s approached there was still love for this greatest of genres. 7.5/10

kevin2019

@kevin2019

2024-06-27

"Young Guns" has wonderfully authentic production values and costumes which really brings this rugged period to life on the screen. It did seem as though the western was permanently out of fashion with mainstream audiences a couple of years before this film was released and perhaps it might never again return to the prominence it had once enjoyed, but then along came this entry in the genre and the fresh faced young talent involved each have key roles and this fact alone undoubtedly guaranteed plenty of equally fresh faced young audiences would watch. However, this film is also worthwhile for some other reasons as well. The western has always been a consistently popular genre and after watching this film you can immediately understand why. The story is a strong one and best of all the film as a whole is also incredibly well paced and intelligent and informative and these are elements you seldom encounter these days.