The Left Handed Gun (1958) on Netflix
The drifter William Bonney, called Billy the Kid, hires on with the cattleman John Tunstall. When Sheriff Brady and rival cattlemen kill Tunstall, Bonney vows revenge.
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Plot summary
William Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, is crossing the desert with the saddle of his dead horse when he meets the cattle owner John Tunstall, called The Englishman, and asks for work. Tunstall takes him on to help bring the herd to Lincoln and sell it to the army, and the two become friends. The local Sheriff Brady, the rancher Morton, Deputy Moon and Hill ambush Tunstall and kill him so that the sale never happens and the herd is theirs. Bonney promises to avenge him, and his friends Charlie Boudre and Tom Folliar ride with him. That vengeance endangers the amnesty Governor Lew Wallace proclaimed for the New Mexico Territory and everyone close to Bonney.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Left Handed Gun (1958)
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- Paul Newman had already played Billy the Kid in Gore Vidal's 1955 teleplay The Death of Billy the Kid before starring in the film version.
