---
title: 'The Left Handed Gun (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Penn'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-left-handed-gun-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051849/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Left Handed Gun (1958)

1958 · 102 min · Western, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 American Western film directed by Arthur Penn, in his feature directorial debut, about outlaw Billy the Kid. It stars Paul Newman as Billy and John Dehner as Pat Garrett, along with Lita Milan and Hurd Hatfield. The film attempts to portray Billy the Kid as a misunderstood youth who got mixed up in a cattle war and was dragged down by the hostile population of New Mexico.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-penn)
- **Screenplay:** [Leslie Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-stevens)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexander Courage](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-courage)
- **Producer:** [Fred Coe](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-coe)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [Folmar Blangsted](https://cinepixo.com/people/folmar-blangsted)

## Cast

- [Denver Pyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/denver-pyle)
- [Hurd Hatfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/hurd-hatfield)
- [Ainslie Pryor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ainslie-pryor)
- [John Dehner](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dehner)
- [Eve McVeagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-mcveagh)
- [Anne Barton](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-barton)
- [John Dierkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dierkes)
- [Lita Milan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lita-milan)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [James Best](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-best)
- [Robert Foulk](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-foulk)
- [Martin Garralaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-garralaga)
- [Robert Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-anderson-2)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman)
- [Wally Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/wally-brown)

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