Young Guns with Chris Wimmer
Based on a True Story
How much do you know about Billy the Kid? On the popular Infamous America podcast, Chris Wimmer has dug deep into the life of one of most famous outlaws in the Old West. He joins us today to separate fact from the fiction we saw in the 1988 movie about Billy the Kid, Young Guns.
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Waterloo with Alexander Mikaberidze
Based on a True Story
Donnie Brasco with Joe Pistone and Leo Rossi
Based on a True Story
The Alamo with Stephen L. Hardin
Based on a True Story
