Young Guns is a 1988 action/western film, directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film was the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, and Jack Palance. Young Guns is a retelling of the adventures of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War, which took place in New Mexico during 1877–1878. It was filmed in and around New Mexico. Historian Dr. Paul Hutton has called Young Guns the most... historically accurate of all prior Billy the Kid films. It opened #1 at the box office, eventually earning $45 million from a moderate $11 million budget. A sequel, Young Guns II, was released in 1990. John Tunstall , an educated Englishman and cattle rancher in Lincoln County, New Mexico, hires wayward young gunmen to live and work on his ranch. Tunstall is in heavy competition with another well-connected rancher named Lawrence Murphy and their men clash on a regular basis.
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| Release date: | August 10, 1988 |
| Directed by: | Christopher Cain |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 107 Minutes |
| Producer: | Joe Roth, Christopher Cain |
| Editor: | Jack Hofstra |
| Music by: | Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli |
| Cinematography: | Dean Semler |
| Screenplay by: | John Fusco |
| Estimated budget: | $11,000,000 |
| Genre: | Western, Action, Thriller, Comedy |