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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Why this pick
A beautifully weathered anti-Western with the same sense of a frontier era slipping away, where friendship, commerce and violence quietly curdle.
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MOVIE1973 1h 46m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, New Mexico, William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), is passing the time with friends shooting chickens for fun. An old friend of Billy's, Pat Garrett (James Coburn), rides into town with Deputy Sheriff J. W. Bell (Matt Clark (actor)) and joins the diversion. Later, over drinks, Garrett informs Billy that the electorate want him out of the country, and that in five days, when he becomes Sheriff of Lincoln County, he will make Billy leave.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kris Kristofferson
William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid)
Katy Jurado
Mrs. Baker
Barry Sullivan
Chisum
Jason Robards
Governor Wallace
Rita Coolidge
Maria
Emilio Fernández
Paco
Paul Fix
Pete Maxwell
Rudy Wurlitzer
Tom O'Folliard