The Left Handed Gun

The Left Handed Gun

1958 · 102 min · EN · NR · 6.0 (92 votes)
Dir. Arthur Penn · Starring Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best · Music Alexander Courage

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

Western

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.

VIBE

A raw, existential western that strips away the legend to reveal a haunted, impulsive youth. It feels like a dusty, sun-scorched fever dream, where violence erupts from a place of deep, unshakeable sorrow.

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