Barbarosa is a 1982 motion picture starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey, about a young cowboy on the run from the law who hooks up with a famous bandito and learns about life from him. "One of the best overlooked westerns of the last 20 years" according to reviewer LG Writer, and featured on an episode of the television show Siskel & Ebert dedicated to uncovering worthy sleepers, it is "a tale of betrayal, vendetta, honor, and dignity". Barbarosa was the first American film by noted Australian director Fred Schepisi. Young Karl Westover , a pre-Civil War Texas farm boy, accidentally... kills his brother-in-law and must flee to Mexico. Early into his flight he is met by the outlaw Barbarosa who, seconds later, kills a man who was following him. It is apparent that Barbarosa knows him, but doesn't say. Despite his disgust that Karl has nothing worth robbing, is loath to leave the poor rube to die in the desert. Barbarosa shows Karl how to find water, make a fire, and catch an armadillo for his supper before leaving him with the advice to go home to Texas. Karl makes his way to a small pueblo and finds a grubby cantina.
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| Release date: | February 19, 1982 |
| Directed by: | Fred Schepisi |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Editor: | Don Zimmerman |
| Genre: | Western |