The Left Handed Gun (1958)

30/04/1958 (US)•Western•1h 42m

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I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.

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When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.

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Paul Newman
Billy The Kid
Lita Milan
Celsa
John Dehner
Pat Garrett
Hurd Hatfield
Moultrie
James Congdon
Charlie Boudre
James Best
Tom Folliard
Colin Keith-Johnston
Tunstall
John Dierkes
McSween
Robert Anderson
Hill

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A review by John Chard

7.0

Written by John Chard on Aug 28, 2014

The demythologised account of Billy The Kid. Billy Bonney is taken in by kindly rancher John Tunstall, he starts to learn respect and education, but then Tunstall is cruelly murdered. Bonney having been robbed of the one man he respected, shows his darker side and vows to seek revenge on Tunstall's killers. This was director Arthur Penn's debut feature film, and all the traits that were to mark his name in future pictures can be found in this very good, and troubling psychological western. Based upon a teleplay by Gore Vidal entitled The Death Of Billy The Kid, Penn ensures that any noti...