The Left Handed Gun

I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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$700 000
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Director
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Producer
Fred Coe
Camera operator
J. Peverell Marley
Composer
Alexander Courage
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Folmar Blangsted
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

  • James Dean was originally cast in the lead role, but following the actor's death, the role went to Paul Newman. This was the second film Newman "stole" from Dean – the first being "Somebody Up There Likes Me," after which Newman woke up famous.

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