THE LEFT HANDED GUN
by ARTHUR PENN
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DVD Cover Information
Director: ARTHUR PENNPrimary Contributor: PAUL NEWMAN
Producer: FRED COE (WARNER BROTHERS)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Subtitled
Running Time: 102 unknown-units
Movie Reviews of THE LEFT HANDED GUN
Movie Review: An excellent portrayal of Billy the Kid
Summary: 5 Stars
This black and white 1958 version of the life of Billy the Kid is very well acted by Paul Newman, who portrays Billy as a somewhat backward, impulsive, childish young man - he died at age 21 - who was unable to read. Billy is taken in by a kind rancher who is transporting his rather large herd of cattle to Lincoln, New Mexico. Some of the ranchers in Lincoln want the sheriff to stop the kind rancher, a man who hates the use of guns, so that the market will not be glutted and the prices lowered. The sheriff and three of his deputies go out to the herd and shoot the rancher. Billy is outraged and swears revenge against the four murderers. The film tells how he and two fiends take revenge, how he is befriended by Pat Garrett, how he is offered amnesty but refuses it because he has not yet finished taking revenge, and why Pat Garrett decides to become the sheriff and arrest him.
Summary of THE LEFT HANDED GUN
The Left Handed Gun was adapted by Gore Vidal from his own TV play, The Death of Billy the Kid. 33-year-old Paul Newman stars as 21-year-old William Bonney, the hotheaded gunslinger known as Billy the Kid. Avoiding the usual Hollywood glamourization of this controversial character, Newman portays Bonney pretty much as he was: an illiterate, homicidal cretin. Treated with kindness for the first time in his life by rancher Tunstall (Colin Keith-Johnston), Bonney becomes devoted to the rancher; in fact, it is virtually a love affair. Soon after, however, Tunstall is killed, prompting Bonney to go on a murderous spree. In the end, Bonney must face down the other important father-figure in his life, Pat Garrett (John Dehner). In case anyone should miss the Freudian subtext in The Left Handed Gun, the closeups of Bonney fondling his six-shooter will make things crystal clear.Similar DVD Movies
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