Jack Palance, and more (a young
Tom Cruise even has a brief, non-speaking cameo!). It told the story of Billy the Kid and his gang during the Lincoln County War, which took place in New Mexico during 1877 through 1878, and like most stories about Billy the Kid, it was heavily fictionalized. It was also a big hit, grossing $56 million against an $11 million budget. Which meant that even though the film ended with a voice-over talking about Billy the Kid’s death, we still got a sequel.
That sequel was 1990’s
Young Guns II, which brought back Estevez, Sutherland, and Phillips, and threw in