movie poster for THE LEFT HANDED GUN

Flicks ID

7803

Cert

PG

Running time

99 mins

Country

Format

VHS

THE LEFT HANDED GUN (1958)

ARTHUR PENN

Plot

A young 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, Billy decides to avenge his death by killing them, so throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil. Endlessly fascinated by his own image and blindly following a death wish to its logical conclusion, this Billy is very much of the rebel-without-a-cause breed, a hero unable to match up to his legend.