Dirty Little Billy
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Plot
A tough and violent portrait of a psychopathic, yet fresh-faced youth—the infamous Billy the Kid in his grimy early days.
Cast
- Michael J. Pollard as Billy Bonney
- Richard Evans as "Goldie"
- Lee Purcell as Berle
- Charles Aidman as Ben Antrim
- Dran Hamilton as Catherine McCarty
- Willard Sage as Henry McCarty
- Mills Watson as Ed
- Alex Wilson as Len
- Ronny Graham as Charles Nile
- Josip Elic as "Jawbone"
- Richard Stahl as Earl Lovitt
- Gary Busey as Basil Crabtree
- Dick Van Patten as Berle's Customer
- Scott Walker as "Stormy"
- Rosary Nix as "Louisiana"
- Frank Welker as Young Punk
- Craig Bovia as Buffalo Hunter
- Severn Darden as Jim "Big Jim" McDaniel
- Henry Proach as Lloyd
- Len Lesser as "Slits"
- Ed Lauter as Tyler
- Nick Nolte as Town Gang Leader (Uncredited)
Release
The film premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival on October 20, 1972 before opening at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco five days later.[2][1]
Reception
Steven Puchalski wrote in Shock Cinema magazine:
This is not typical, Tinseltown western though. It's more like The Making of a Sociopath, with Michael J. Pollard starring as displaced, 17-year-old Billy Bonney, in the days leading up to his evolution into the notorious Billy the Kid ... this is the perfect role for Pollard. And though a little old to play a teenager (he was 33), he hands us a Billy who's perpetually victimized by bad luck, until he finally blows a gasket at the very end and sparks his future.[3]
See also
References
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- Biographical films about Billy the Kid
- Films directed by Stan Dragoti
- 1972 directorial debut films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- English-language biographical films