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The Left-Handed Gun

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The Left-Handed Gun
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NR,1hr 42min
Genre:
Western
Released:
May 7, 1958
Director:
Arthur Penn
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Paul Newman, Lita Milan, Hurd Hatfield  ...more
Synopsis: The Left Handed Gun was adapted by Gore Vidal from his own TV play, The Death of Billy the Kid. 33-year-old Paul Newman stars as 21-year-old William Bonney, the hotheaded gunslinger known as Billy the Kid. Avoiding the usual Hollywood glamourization of this controversial character, Newman portays Bonney pretty much as he was: an illiterate, homicidal cretin. Treated with kindness for the first time in his life by rancher Tunstall (Colin Keith-Johnston), Bonney becomes devoted to the rancher; in fact, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
With this adaptation of Gore Vidal's television play, Arthur Penn made an awkward transition from TV to film, but not without eliciting an interesting performance from a young Paul Newman. Typical of the kind of filmed theater that flourished under producer Fred Coe during the 1950s, Penn's dialogue-heavy film transforms the teenage gunslinger into a soul-searching, misunderstood youth, seemingly tormented ... Full Review
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Paul Newman
William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
Lita Milan
Celsa
Hurd Hatfield
Moultrie
James Congdon
Charlie Boudre
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