I am not big on Westerns but I always thought Billy The Kid was a cold-blooded killer. Not in DIRTY LITTLE BILLY. Instead we are treated to pug nosed Michael J. Pollard as the title character who is nothing more then a wimpy little punk. Don't get me wrong the film is not bad but don't expect to see the life of the real Billy The Kid here. In this rendition Billy is a gangster wannabe as he latches on to pimpdaddy Goldie (Richard Evans) and his hooker/lover Berle(Lee Purcell). One can't help to sense the homoerotic bond between Billy and Goldie. It is not a stretch to picture Billy becoming Goldies lover/hooker when Berle is killed in the climax. One interesting tid-bit here is that one of Berles customers is Dick Van Patten! Watching a bare chested Van Patten having sex with Lee Purcell was almost to gross to watch. To and insult to injury Purcells character then makes whoopie with Pollard! No wonder this poor actress never made it big. Can you picture her resume: Had sex with Dick Van Patten and Michael J. Pollard in the same scene!
Review of Dirty Little Billy
