The Left Handed Gun poster
Director Arthur Penn
Screenplay Leslie Stevens

The Left Handed Gun

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

Release Date: 1958-05-07

Duration: 102 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Paul Newman
    Billy The Kid
  • Denver Pyle
    Ollinger
  • John Dehner
    Pat Garrett
  • Eve McVeagh
    Mrs. McSween
  • Martín Garralaga
    Saval
  • Robert Foulk
    Sheriff Brady
  • James Best
    Tom Folliard
  • John Dierkes
    McSween
  • Hurd Hatfield
    Moultrie
  • Nestor Paiva
    Pete Maxwell