Sam Peckinpah's mournful salute to the bygone West achieves moments of ruthless poetry, but clear signs of studio-dictated cuts and oft-unintelligible dialogue will make this dirge a slog for some.
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

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Movie Info
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Director -
Sam Peckinpah -
Producer -
Gordon Carroll -
Screenwriter -
Rudy Wurlitzer -
Distributor -
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. , MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc. -
Production Co -
Metro Goldwyn Mayer -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Western -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 23, 1973, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2008 -
Runtime -
2h 2m -
Sound Mix -
Mono