1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he's a competitor in selling cattle. One day he's shot by Murphy's men. Judge Wilson can't do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy's men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall's young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name "Billie the Kid" - but they're also chased by dozens of Murphy's men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.
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Charlie Sheen as Richard Brewer Dermot Mulroney as Dirty Steve Stephens Emilio Estevez as William H. Bonney Kiefer Sutherland as Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock Lou Diamond Phillips as Jose' Chavez y Chavez
Young guys with guns, that's what you get in YOUNG GUNS , the 1988 western starring "six of today's hottest stars." Today, the magnificent six -- Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Casey Siemasko (?) and Dermot Mulroney -- are nowhere to be seen, with the exception of Mulroney, who co-starred in last year's thriller COPYCAT. In YOUNG GUNS, they play a bunch of renegade cowboys who are hired to protect a British guy's property as "regulators." Any gangsta rap fans out there will recognize the multiple lines of dialogue that were eventually sampled in Warren G.'s 1994 hit "Regulate." Yes, this movie has left behind quite a legacy, hasn't it?
