FilmSkool — a free film school
The Left Handed Gun
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.
1958 · Directed by Arthur Penn · 102 min · Western · 8 frames
Tagline
I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.
Crew
- Screenplay: Leslie Stevens
- Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
- Edited by: Folmar Blangsted
- Music: Alexander Courage
- Produced by: Fred Coe
Cast
- Paul Newman as Billy The Kid
- Lita Milan as Celsa
- John Dehner as Pat Garrett
- Hurd Hatfield as Moultrie
- James Congdon as Charlie Boudre
- James Best as Tom Folliard
- Colin Keith-Johnston as John Tunstall
- John Dierkes as Alexander McSween
- Robert Anderson as Hill
- Wally Brown as Deputy Moon
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Haroll Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $700,000
- Themes: revenge, cattleman, gun fight, pat garrett, corrupt sheriff, cowboys and outlaws, billy the kid
Own the film
FilmSkool earns a small commission from qualifying Amazon purchases, at no cost to you.
More by Arthur Penn
On this film
This is the plain index, shown because JavaScript is off. Every lesson here is a free video published by the channel credited on it and plays through that channel's own embed — FilmSkool hosts nothing.