Fresh
Penn's training in theater and live-TV drama (e.g. Playhouse 90) shows; the central performance is rehearsed into an anxious stir, every line matched to an actorly decision, a blocking cue.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
The Left Handed Gun
I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I do what I want.
1958 · 1h 42m · APPROVED
Western
Directed by
Arthur Penn
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Arthur Penn Director
- Paul Newman as Billy The Kid
- Lita Milan as Celsa
- John Dehner as Pat Garrett
- Hurd Hatfield as Moultrie
- James Congdon as Charlie Boudre
- James Best as Tom Folliard
- Colin Keith-Johnston as Tunstall
- John Dierkes as McSween
- Robert Anderson as Hill (as Bob Anderson)
- Wally Brown as Deputy Moon
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The picture is a smart and exciting western paced by Paul Newman's intense portrayal.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Penn's first film, it is in many ways a key stage in the development of the Western.
Tom Milne, Time Out
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