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...this is a psychological Western that sets out, far more successfully than Young Guns, to explain Billy The Kid as an 1880s juvenile delinquent traumatised by the death of his father-figure into gunning down a bunch of humourless adults.

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Cast & Crew

Arthur Penn
Director
Nestor Paiva
As Pete Maxwell
Lane Chandler
As Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
Paul Newman
As Billy The Kid
John Dehner
As Pat Garrett
Denver Pyle
As Ollinger
Michael Jeffers
As Townsman (uncredited)

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The Left Handed Gun was released in theaters on May 7, 1958.