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The Left Handed Gun ()

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After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
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Billy The Kid
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Celsa
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Pat Garrett
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Moultrie
James Congdon ...
Charlie Boudre
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Tom Folliard
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Tunstall
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McSween
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Hill (as Bob Anderson)
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Deputy Moon
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Joe Grant
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Saval
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Ollinger
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Smith
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Pete Maxwell
Josephine Parra ...
Bride (as Jo Summers)
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Sheriff Brady
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Mrs. Hill
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emile Avery ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Deputy (uncredited)
Joe Bell ...
Peddler (uncredited)
Orlando Beltran ...
Mexican Farmer (uncredited)
George Berkeley ...
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
Mary Lou Clifford ...
Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
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Alexander Ganz - Photographer (uncredited)
Cecil Combs ...
Deputy (uncredited)
Chuy Franco ...
Young Gypsy Man (uncredited)
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Angry Townsman (uncredited)
Elias Gamboa ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Morton (uncredited)
Maria Haro ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Jerry Hartleben ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Kay Koury ...
Mexican Woman (uncredited)
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General Store Clerk (uncredited)
David O. McCall ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Mrs. McSween (uncredited)
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Mexican Woman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Tessie Murray ...
Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
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Clerk (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Stephanie Pond-Smith ...
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Armando Rodriguez ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Man on Street with Deputy (uncredited)
Joseph Sanchez ...
Boy (uncredited)
Oreste Seragnoli ...
Priest (uncredited)
Morgan Shaan ...
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Dan Sheridan ...
Bucky (uncredited)
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Clerk (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Jorge Treviño ...
Ramírez (uncredited)
Glen Turnbull ...
Sergeant (uncredited)
Ernesto Zambrano ...
Old Gypsy Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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Arthur Penn

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Leslie Stevens ... (screenplay)
 
Gore Vidal ... (play)

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Fred Coe ... producer

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Alexander Courage

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J. Peverell Marley ... director of photography

Editing by

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Folmar Blangsted

Art Direction by

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Art Loel

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William L. Kuehl

Costume Design by

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Marjorie Best

Makeup Department

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Gordon Bau ... makeup supervisor
Al Greenway ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Norman Pringle ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Russell Saunders ... assistant director (as Russ Saunders)
Jack Voglin ... first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Scotty Moore ... properties (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Earl Crain Sr. ... sound
Walter Feldman ... sound editor (uncredited)
Everett A. Hughes ... boom operator (uncredited)
Don Olson ... sound editor (uncredited)
Arthur H. Pullen ... sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Paul Baxley ... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Paul Burnett ... gaffer (uncredited)
Harry Davis ... camera operator (uncredited)
Wilbur Gossman ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Charles Harris ... grip (uncredited)
Floyd McCarty ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Henry Fields ... wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Ann Landers ... wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Location Management

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Joe Barry ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Alexander Courage ... composer: ballad
William Goyen ... composer: ballad

Script and Continuity Department

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Irva Mae Ross ... script supervisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

William Bonney - Billy the Kid - gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom and Charlie, two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory. Written by Gary Dickerson

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Taglines This is William Bonney, a juvenile "tough" from the back-alleys of New York... a teenager wanted dead or alive throughout the West. This is the screen's first real story of the strange teen-age desperado known to legend as "Billy the Kid"... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Billy the kid (India, English title)
  • Le Gaucher (France)
  • El zurdo (Spain)
  • 左きゝの拳銃 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Billy the Kid (Sweden)
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  • 102 min
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Budget $700,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Paul Newman was widely felt to be miscast as Billy the Kid since at 33 he was considerably older than the character. Billy was supposed to be 18 at the beginning of the film. See more »
Goofs The film is about western outlaw Billy the Kid, who was actually right-handed. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Legends of the West (1992). See more »
Soundtracks Rock of Ages See more »
Quotes McSween: [about the murdered Tunstall] Lord God, this was a quiet man. He lived the way a man ought to live. He did not lie. He did not hurt. He listened to any man who spoke to him.
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