Highest-Rated Movies about 'Pat Garrett', Sort by Popularity
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), The Left Handed Gun (1958), The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Pat Garrett movies.
#1. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Storyline: It's 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a'changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid has become a sheriff, tasked by cattle interests with ridding the territory of Billy. After Billy escapes, Pat assembles a posse and chases him through the territory, culminating in a final confrontation at Fort Sumner, but is unaware of the full scope of the cattle interests' plans for the New West.
Plot Keywords: pat garrett, outlaw, deputy, governor, cattleman, partner, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Storyline: William Bonney - Billy the Kid - gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom and Charlie, two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.—Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: outlaw, pat garrett, friend, wife, sheriff, rancher, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954)
Storyline: Young William Bonney inspires the faith and friendship of Pat Garrett, despite Bonney's violent past. Garrett believes that Billy can make a better life for himself, a sentiment shared by rancher John Tunstall, who befriends Billy and gives him a job. Billy falls in love with Tunstall's niece, Nita, but this outrages Tunstall's foreman, Bob Ollinger, who exposes Billy's past as outlaw Billy the Kid. When Billy's new friend, John Tunstall, is murdered, he goes on a rampage of revenge, and Pat Garrett, now a lawman, is forced to go after his young friend.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: ranch hand, sheriff, rancher, niece, foreman, pat garrett, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!