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Young Guns is a 1988 action/western film, directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film was the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, and Jack Palance.
Young Guns is a retelling of the adventures of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War, which took place in New Mexico during 1877–1878. It was filmed in and around New Mexico. Historian Dr. Paul Hutton has called Young Guns the most historically accurate of all prior Billy the Kid films. It opened #1 at the box office, eventually earning $45 million from a moderate $11 million budget. A sequel, Young Guns II, was released in 1990.
John Tunstall (Terence Stamp), an educated Englishman and cattle rancher in Lincoln County, New Mexico, hires wayward young gunmen to live and work on his ranch. Tunstall is in heavy competition with another well-connected rancher named Lawrence Murphy (Jack Palance) and their men clash on a regular basis. Tunstall recruits Billy (Emilio Estevez) and advises him to renounce violence saying that "He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind." Tensions escalate between the two camps, resulting in the murder of Tunstall. Billy, Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), Richard M. "Dick" Brewer (Charlie Sheen), "Dirty" Steve Stephens (Dermot Mulroney), and Charlie Bowdre (Casey Siemaszko), consult their lawyer friend Alex McSween (Terry O'Quinn), who manages to get them deputized and given warrants for the arrest of Murphy's murderous henchmen.
Actors: Jimmy Williams (miscellaneous crew), Michael Kallio (director), Michael Kallio (producer), Kenneth Guertin (editor), Dave Gist (actor), Michael Kallio (writer), Leigh Scott (actor), Joe Estevez (actor), Michael Kallio (actor), Lanre Idewu (actor), Michael Kallio (actor), Kenneth Guertin (actor), Kenneth Guertin (actor), Eric Edwards (actor), Eric Edwards (producer),
Plot: After a 15 year stretch in federal prison, a dying father with a troubled past travels from a-far to Koreatown, the prostitution and human trafficking subculture capitol of Los Angeles. A fish out of water in a very dangerous circumstance must rescue the daughter he's never met.
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