---
title: 'Young Guns (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christopher Cain'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-guns-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096487/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Young Guns (1988)

1988 · 102 min · Drama, Comedy, Western, Action · United States

Part of: Young Guns

## Synopsis

Young Guns is a 1988 American Western action film directed and produced by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the actions of Billy the Kid and the Regulators during the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico in 1877–78. It stars Emilio Estevez as Billy, and Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Estevez's brother Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko as other Lincoln County Regulators. The supporting cast features Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, and Jack Palance.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christopher Cain](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-cain)
- **Screenplay:** [John Fusco](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-fusco)
- **Producer:** [John Fusco](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-fusco), [Joe Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-roth), [James G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-g-robinson), [Paul Schiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schiff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anthony Marinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-marinelli), [Brian Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-banks)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dean Semler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-semler)
- **Editor:** [Jack Hofstra](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hofstra)

## Cast

- [Jack Palance](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-palance) as Lawrence Murphy
- [Victor Izay](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-izay)
- [Casey Siemaszko](https://cinepixo.com/people/casey-siemaszko) as Charlie Bowdre
- [Dermot Mulroney](https://cinepixo.com/people/dermot-mulroney) as "Dirty Steve" Stephens
- [Terry O'Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-o-quinn) as Alexander McSween
- [Lou Diamond Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-diamond-phillips) as Jose Chavez y Chavez
- [Patrick Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-wayne) as Pat Garrett
- [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise)
- [Vadim Yakovlev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-yakovlev)
- [Brian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-keith) as Buckshot Roberts
- [Geoffrey Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-blake)
- [Emilio Estevez](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-estevez) as Billy the Kid
- [Terence Stamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-stamp) as John Tunstall
- [Charlie Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-sheen) as Richard M. Brewer
- [Kiefer Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiefer-sutherland) as Doc Scurlock

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-guns-1988
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