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The Left Handed Gun( 1958)

TV-MAWestern
61%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Paul Newman

      Billy The Kid

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      Lita Milan

      Celsa

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      John Dehner

      Pat Garrett

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      Hurd Hatfield

      Moultrie

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      James Congdon

      Charlie Boudre

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      James Best

      Tom Folliard

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      Colin Keith-Johnston

      Tunstall

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      John Dierkes

      McSween

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      Robert Anderson

      Hill

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      Wally Brown

      Deputy Moon

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      Martín Garralaga

      Saval

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      Denver Pyle

      Ollinger

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      Ainslie Pryor

      Joe Grant

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      Anne Barton

      Mrs. Hill

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      Robert Foulk

      Sheriff Brady

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      Josephine Parra

      Bride

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      Nestor Paiva

      Pete Maxwell

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      Paul Smith

      Smith

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      George Bell

      Deputy

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      Stephen Coit

      Alexander Ganz - Photographer

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      Robert Griffin

      Morton

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      Eve McVeagh

      Mrs. McSween

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      Tina Menard

      Mexican Woman

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      Dan Sheridan

      Bucky

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      Joseph V. Perry

      Clerk

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Thu 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 notio...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    700000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • revenge
    • cattleman
    • gun fight
    • pat garrett
    • corrupt sheriff
    • cowboys and outlaws