Charged with the task of wiping the Old West clean and making way for a new one, reluctant Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) must betray his former cronies -- among them, Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson). But as the ways of the West die off, the characters find their own identities fading into history, too. Sam Peckinpah directs this landmark American Western, which features singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and legendary cowboy Slim Pickens.