

The Left Handed Gun
I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $700K
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- Language
- English
- revenge
- cattleman
- gun fight
- pat garrett
- corrupt sheriff
- cowboys and outlaws
- billy the kid
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR7 May 1958
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical21 Sept 1958
FranceFR
- TVTPCiné+ Classic8 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical5 Dec 1958
ItalyIT
- Theatrical30 Apr 1958
JapanJP
- Theatrical6 Jun 1958
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The Left Handed Gun was released on 30 April 1958.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
8/28/2014
The demythologised account of Billy The Kid. Billy Bonney is taken in by kindly rancher John Tunstall, he starts to learn respect and education, but then Tunstall is cruelly murdered. Bonney having been robbed of the one man he respected, shows his darker side and vows to seek revenge on Tunstall's killers. This was director Arthur Penn's debut feature film, and all the traits that were to mark his name in futu…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
2/19/2026
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 (Colin Keith-Johnson) to herd his cattle to Lincoln where it is to be used to feed the troops. The sheriff “Brady” (Robert Foulk) and three of his deputies have other plans and so they kill the unarmed Briton and steal his cows. When he finds out, Bonney is livid and sw…
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