<P> The final scene is a voice - over of Doc explaining what happened afterwards: Alex's widow caused a congressional investigation into the Lincoln County War . Chavez took work at a farm in California . Doc moved east to New York and married Yen Sun, whom he had saved from Murphy . Billy continued to ride until he was found and shot dead by Pat Garrett . Billy was buried next to Charlie Bowdre at Fort Sumner . A stranger went to the grave of Billy the Kid late one night and made a carving in the headstone . The epitaph read only one word: "PALS". </P> <Ul> <Li> Emilio Estevez as William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney </Li> <Li> Kiefer Sutherland as Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock </Li> <Li> Lou Diamond Phillips as Jose Chavez y Chavez </Li> <Li> Charlie Sheen as Richard "Dick" Brewer </Li> <Li> Dermot Mulroney as "Dirty Steve" Stephens </Li> <Li> Casey Siemaszko as Charlie Bowdre </Li> <Li> Terence Stamp as John Tunstall </Li> <Li> Jack Palance as Lawrence Murphy </Li> <Li> Terry O'Quinn as Alexander McSween </Li> <Li> Sharon Thomas as Susan McSween </Li> <Li> Alice Carter as Yen Sun </Li> <Li> Geoffrey Blake as J. McCloskey </Li> <Li> Brian Keith as Buckshot Roberts </Li> <Li> Patrick Wayne as Pat Garrett </Li> </Ul> <Li> Emilio Estevez as William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney </Li> <Li> Kiefer Sutherland as Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock </Li>

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