A Cockney cowboy, Irish bounty hunters, and a baby-faced killer walk into a spaghetti western. Beans ensue.
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy is a very funny spaghetti western-Peckinpah-Leone pastiche that sees Michael Elphick's charlatan elixir seller, Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes as the notorious and the not so notorious Irish bounty hunters all in pursuit of Kid Divine (Jesse Birdsall) a baby faced killer with a $25,000 price tag on his head.
Acting
Michael Elphick commits fully to his quack doctor charlatan era.
Direction
George Rossi crams three hours of western tropes into 52 minutes.
Writing
Dialogue that thinks it's Clint Eastwood but sounds like EastEnders.
Director
George Rossi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was George Rossi's directorial debut after years as a character actor, explaining why every performer gets their moment to chew scenery.
Made during a brief 90s British fascination with American genre deconstruction—think Reservoir Dogs but with beans instead of coffee.
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