The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954)
Dead for six dollars!
ジャンル : 西洋
上映時間 : 1時間 12分
演出 : William Castle
脚本 : Bernard Gordon
シノプシス
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
1984年、イギリス北部の炭坑町。11歳のビリーは炭坑労働者のパパと兄トニー、おばあちゃんと暮らしていた。ある日、ビリーの通うボクシング教室のホールにバレエ教室が移ってきた。ふとしたことからレッスンに飛び入りしたビリーは、バレエに特別な開放感を覚えるのだった。教室の先生であるウィルキンソン夫人もビリーに特別な才能を見出した。それからというものビリーはバレエに夢中になるのだが……。バレエ・ダンサーを目指す少年の姿を描いたS・ダルドリー監督の長編第1作。
舞台は1878年のニューメキシコ。タンストールの牧場には若き日のビリー・ザ・キッドと5人の若者たちがいた。80年代当時の若手スターが結集し、“ネオ西部劇”と呼ばれた、クリストファー・ケイン監督作品。
歴史で落第しかかった二人はなぜかタイムマシンに乗って原始から未来までかけめぐり、ソクラテス、ナポレオン、ベートーヴェンその他を現在に連れてきて、試験パスを目論むのだが……。リーヴスとウィンターのおバカ高校生コンビを一躍全米の人気者にした荒唐無稽コメディ。
西部史に残る伝説を斬新に描いた青春ウエスタンの続編。西部開拓期の無法者ビリー・ザ・キッドの誕生秘話を描いた前作に続き、本作でも英雄物語の後日譚が想像力豊かに綴られていく。主題歌はボン・ジョヴィ「ブレイズ・オブ・グローリー」。
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, who are ruthlessly pursued by a posse led by Sheriff Pat Garret.
ジョン・ウェイン主演で、西部開拓時代の英雄ジョン・シンプソン・チザムの活躍を描く西部劇。監督は「シェナンドー河」「大いなる男たち」のアンドリュー・V・マクラグレン。1878年。ニューメキシコ。広大な牧畜王国を築き、“ペコスの王者”の異名を持つジョン・シンプソン・チザム。一方、町で急速に台頭していたローレンス・マーフィーは、数々の悪質な手口でその勢力を拡大していく。やがて、両者は激しい抗争を繰り広げるのだった。
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.
西部史に名高い“ビリー・ザ・キッド”の内面に迫った異色のウェスタン。恩人を殺されたビリーは、牧童の仕事を捨て、復讐のために拳銃を手にする。やがて彼は仇を討つが、拳銃を手放すことはしなかった。そしてそれは、彼を破滅の道へと導いていく……。史実を大胆に脚色し、P・ニューマンがビリーをニューロティックに演じる。
In County Durham, England, 1984, a talented young dancer, Billy Elliot, stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family’s set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes in a musical that questions masculinity, gender norms and conformity.
Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. New employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals, lets the Kid take rap. Kid takes to the hills with friends until caught. Escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer's young wife with whom he's infatuated
US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
In a California memorabilia shop in 2010, collector Randy Guijarro bought a tintype that looked to be a familiar figure, Billy the Kid - playing croquet with his gang known as The Regulators. As the gravity of the discovery began to set in, Guijarro initiated a chain of events that would lead him on a painstaking journey to verify the photograph's authenticity.
Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.
Billy the Kid fakes his own death at the hands of Pat Garret, but is forced to come out of hiding to stop a ruthless cattle baron from destroying a small frontier community.
Williams is out to stop Ellen Goreham from completing her road that is under construction and is using a man to impersonate Billy the Kid. When Billy sees the wanted posters and learns of the murders he supposedly committed, he sets out to find the imposter. His sidekick Fuzzy is there to help him but his friend Jeff, now a Marshal, is also after him.
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.
Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.