The Left Handed Gun

1958 PG-13 1h 42m

6.1 /10

111

Genre

Western

Plot

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.

Director

Arthur Penn

Writers

Leslie Stevens Gore Vidal

Stars

Paul Newman Lita Milan John Dehner

Cast & Crew

Alexander Ganz (uncredited)

Robert Griffin

Morton (uncredited)

Eve McVeagh

Mrs. McSween (uncredited)

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Tina Menard

Mexican Woman (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

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Orlando Beltran

Mexican Farmer (uncredited)

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George Berkeley

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Eumenio Blanco

Townsman (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)

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Mary Lou Clifford

Gypsy Woman (uncredited)

Young Gypsy Woman (uncredited)

Terry Frost

Angry Townsman (uncredited)

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Elias Gamboa

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Maria Haro

Townswoman (uncredited)

Jerry Hartleben

Boy (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Townsman (uncredited)

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Kay Koury

Mexican Woman (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

General Store Clerk (uncredited)

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David O. McCall

Townsman (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Townsman (uncredited)

Gypsy Woman (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Henry Rowland

Man on Street with Deputy (uncredited)

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Ernesto Zambrano

Old Gypsy Man (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

19 Feb 2026

There is something of the original Chisum story to this western as William Bonney - aka “Billy the Kid” (Paul Newman) is hired by the decent Tunstall ...

John Chard

28 Aug 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, bu...