The Left Handed Gun
I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $700,000
- Production
- Haroll Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
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
Wally Brown
Deputy Moon
Martín Garralaga
Saval
Denver Pyle
Ollinger
Ainslie Pryor
Joe Grant
Robert Foulk
Sheriff Brady
Nestor Paiva
Pete Maxwell
Paul Smith
Smith
Robert Griffin
Morton (uncredited)
Eve McVeagh
Mrs. McSween (uncredited)
Joseph V. Perry
Clerk (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Arthur Penn
- Writers
- Leslie Stevens
- Producers
- Fred Coe
- Cinematography
- J. Peverell Marley
- Composer
- Alexander Courage
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John Chard
August 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.…
CinemaSerf
February 19, 2026
There is something of the original Chisum story to this western as William Bonney - aka “Billy the Kid” (Paul Newman) is hired by the decent Tunstall (Colin Keith-Johnson) to herd his cattle to Lincoln where it is to be used to feed the troops. The sheriff “Brady” (Robert Foulk) and three of his deputies have other plans and so they kill the unarmed Briton and steal his cows. When he finds out, Bonney is livid and swears vengeance on the murderers. To that end, he must cross his friend Pat Garre…