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After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
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Robert Anderson
- Hill
- (as Bob Anderson)
Josephine Parra
- Bride
- (as Jo Summers)
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- TriviaThe film originally was to have been made in 1956 with James Dean in the lead role.
- GoofsThe film is about western outlaw Billy the Kid, who was actually right-handed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Legends of the West (1992)
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Too bizarre to dismiss.
One of the strangest westerns ever made. Arthur Penn's "The Left Handed Gun", adapted from a play by Gore Vidal, came right at the height of the 'teenage rebel' cycle of the fifties with Paul Newman's Billy the Kid having more in common with James Dean's Jim Stark than any Western outlaw I can think of. The film wasn't a success; it's highfalutin dialogue and over-the-top acting proving too much for a general audience who, if they looked just below the surface, would have easily detected a homosexual subplot involving Hurd Hatfield's character who acts as a kind of Greek Chorus. It marked the screen debut of Penn who didn't make another film for four years though it's now built up something of a cult reputation. It isn't really very good, and it is very self-concious, but it is also too bizarre to dismiss out of hand.
- MOscarbradley
- May 19, 2018
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- Also known as
- Billy the Kid
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- Budget
- $700,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $5,066
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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