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* SpeechImpediment: Esther stutters, especially when distressed.
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* NaughtyBirdwatching: While Billy is using Deans' spyglass to keep watch over Spencer's ranch, he catches a glimpse of the topless Esther when she's bathing.

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* NaughtyBirdwatching: While Billy is using Deans' spyglass to keep watch over Spencer's ranch, he catches a glimpse of the topless Esther when she's bathing.bathing topless.
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''Billy Two Hats'' is a 1974 American {{Western}} film directed by Creator/TedKotcheff. It tells about a Scottish outlaw Arch Deans (Creator/GregoryPeck) and his young half-Kiowa partner Billy (Creator/DesiArnazJr) who have just robbed $420 from a bank while killing a man in the process. They are chased by Sheriff Henry Gifford (Creator/JackWarden) as they try to make it to the Mexican border.

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''Billy Two Hats'' is a 1974 American Revisionist {{Western}} film directed by Creator/TedKotcheff. It tells about a Scottish outlaw Arch Deans (Creator/GregoryPeck) and his young half-Kiowa partner Billy (Creator/DesiArnazJr) who have just robbed $420 from a bank while killing a man in the process. They are chased by Sheriff Henry Gifford (Creator/JackWarden) as they try to make it to the Mexican border.
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* SaloonOwner: Copeland, a retired buffalo hunter, runs his own saloon at his remote trading post.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before she was picked up as a MailOrderBride by her abusive husband, and her green curtain, to which she sometimes talks to, is the only thing she brought with her.
* DirtyCoward: The four Apache bandits are depicted as the type who want have all the cards. Though they could overpower Deans and Billy upon first meeting them, none of them want to take the risk of dying in a direct confrontation and later ambush Deans and Spencer. After they manage to mortally wound Deans at the cost of two of them, the remaining two flee when they spot Gifford, Billy and Esther approaching.
* DisppearedDad: Billy doesn't know anything about his white father other than he was somehow important since he had two hats, one for special occasions and one for everyday use.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before she was picked up as a MailOrderBride by her abusive husband, and her husband. Her green curtain, to which she sometimes talks to, is the only thing she brought with her.
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* DebtDetester: Discussed. When Gifford tries to make sense of why Deans would come out of his way to rescue Billy, Copeland suggests Deans owed the young half-Kiowa a favor and didn't want to remain beholden. Gifford dismisses the idea since he doesn't believe a man like Deans would feel beholden to anyone, least of all a "breed".
* DirtyCoward: The four Apache bandits are depicted as the type who want have to play all the cards.cards in their favor. Though they could overpower Deans and Billy upon first meeting them, none of them want to take the risk of dying in a direct confrontation and later ambush Deans and Spencer. After they manage to mortally wound Deans at the cost of two of them, the remaining two flee when they spot Gifford, Billy and Esther approaching.
* DisppearedDad: DisappearedDad: Billy doesn't know anything about his white father other than he was somehow important since he had two hats, one for special occasions and one for everyday use.





* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Gifford assumes Deans won't come rescue Billy because there's {{no honor among thieves}} and is utterly confused after he's proven wrong.

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\n\n* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Gifford assumes Deans won't come rescue Billy because there's {{no honor among thieves}} and is utterly confused after he's proven wrong. When Copeland suggests Deans feels indebted to Billy or is simply fond of him, Gifford rejects the idea of any white outlaw liking or feeling indebted to a "breed".


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* ParentalAbandonment: Copeland had a child with his squaw, but he forced her to give it to her people living in a reservation.

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* CommonalityConnection: Esther chooses to go with Billy

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* BittersweetEnding: Deans succumbs to his wounds, but with Gifford and Spencer dead as well, Billy and Esther ride off together.
* CommonalityConnection: Esther chooses to go with BillyBilly because of this.
-->'''Billy''': It ain't gonna be easy bein' with me, things like they are.\\
'''Esther''': I can't remember when things were easy.\\
'''Billy''': Well, that makes the two of us.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before she was picked up as a MailOrderBride by her abusive husband, and her green curtain, to which she sometimes talks to, is the only thing she brought with her.
* DirtyCoward: The four Apache bandits are depicted as the type who want have all the cards. Though they could overpower Deans and Billy upon first meeting them, none of them want to take the risk of dying in a direct confrontation and later ambush Deans and Spencer. After they manage to mortally wound Deans at the cost of two of them, the remaining two flee when they spot Gifford, Billy and Esther approaching.
* DisppearedDad: Billy doesn't know anything about his white father other than he was somehow important since he had two hats, one for special occasions and one for everyday use.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before she was picked up from a by her abusive husband, and her green curtain is the only thing she brought with her

her life was worse before
* DirtyCoward: The four Apache bandits are depicted this way. Though they could overpower Deans and Billy upon first meeting them, they don't want to take the risk of dying in a direct confrontation and later ambush Deans and Spencer. After they manage to mortally wound Deans at the cost of two of them, the remaining two flee when they spot Gifford, Billy and Esther approaching.



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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before she was picked up from a by her abusive husband, and her green curtain is the only thing she brought with her

her life was worse before
* DirtyCoward: The four Apache bandits are depicted this way. Though they could overpower Deans and Billy upon first meeting them, they don't want to take the risk of dying in a direct confrontation and later ambush Deans and Spencer. After they manage to mortally wound Deans at the cost of two of them, the remaining two flee when they spot Gifford, Billy and Esther approaching.





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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Gifford makes this question to the dying Deans who refuses to answer since he sees no point wasting his last moments arguing with Gifford.

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''Billy Two Hats'' is a 1974 American {{Western}} film directed by Creator/TedKotcheff. It tells about a Scottish outlaw Arch Deans (Creator/GregoryPeck) and his young half-Kiowa partner Billy (Creator/DesiArnazJr) who are on the run from Sheriff Henry Gifford (Creator/JackWarden) following a bank robbery.

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''Billy Two Hats'' is a 1974 American {{Western}} film directed by Creator/TedKotcheff. It tells about a Scottish outlaw Arch Deans (Creator/GregoryPeck) and his young half-Kiowa partner Billy (Creator/DesiArnazJr) who are on the run have just robbed $420 from a bank while killing a man in the process. They are chased by Sheriff Henry Gifford (Creator/JackWarden) following a bank robbery.
as they try to make it to the Mexican border.



* CommonalityConnection: Esther chooses to go with Billy



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before her husband bought

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before she was picked up from a by her husband bought
abusive husband, and her green curtain is the only thing she brought with her




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* DirtyCoward: The four Apache bandits are depicted this way. Though they could overpower Deans and Billy upon first meeting them, they don't want to take the risk of dying in a direct confrontation and later ambush Deans and Spencer. After they manage to mortally wound Deans at the cost of two of them, the remaining two flee when they spot Gifford, Billy and Esther approaching.





%%* TheSavageIndian: Four Apache bandits

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%%* * TheSavageIndian: Four The four Apache banditsbandits who demand whisky from Billy and Deans end up killing Spencer as well as mortally wounding Deans while trying to rob them.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Esther reveals that she doesn't have any kin, and her life was worse than before her husband bought

her life was worse before



* MailOrderBride: Esther was bought by Spencer from St. Louis

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* MailOrderBride: Esther was bought by Spencer from St. LouisLouis.
* NaughtyBirdwatching: While Billy is using Deans' spyglass to keep watch over Spencer's ranch, he catches a glimpse of the topless Esther when she's bathing.



%%* TheSavageIndian: Four Apache bandits



* TooDumbToLive: Spencer, believing that Native Americans don't fight in nighttime

Spencer decides to try his luck and sneak past the when it gets dark because it's against

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* TooDumbToLive: Spencer, believing that Native Americans don't fight in nighttime

Spencer
nighttime for religious reasons, decides to try his luck and to sneak past the Apache bandits when it gets dark because it's against dark. Deans points out that these Native Americans don't appear to be religious, but Spencer goes anyway and gets killed.

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* MailOrderBride: Esther

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* MailOrderBride: EstherEsther was bought by Spencer from St. Louis


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* TooDumbToLive: Spencer, believing that Native Americans don't fight in nighttime

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* DomesticAbuse: Whenever Spencer's wife Esther starts stuttering in her distress, his solution is to slap her.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Gifford assumes Deans won't come rescue Billy because there's {{no honor among thieves}} and is utterly confused after he's proven wrong.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Billy is disdainfully called "breed" by Sheriff Gifford.
* LoveableRogue: Both Deans and Billy are rather friendly outlaws who have standards and avoid killing people if they can help it.
* MailOrderBride: Esther
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''Billy Two Hats'' is a 1974 American {{Western}} film directed by Creator/TedKotcheff. It tells about a Scottish outlaw Arch Deans (Creator/GregoryPeck) and his young half-Kiowa partner Billy (Creator/DesiArnazJr) who are on the run from Sheriff Henry Gifford (Creator/JackWarden) following a bank robbery.

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!!''Billy Two Hats'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ProtagonistTitle: Billy Two Hats is the full name of one of the {{Loveable Rogue}}s.
* {{Tagline}}: "Against the odds, against the law... against the land itself."
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