The Left-Handed Gun

Starring: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, et al.

His name: William Bonney. His legend: Billy the Kid, the fabled gunslinger of The Left Handed Gun. The West had never before seen the likes of this Brooklyn-born desperado, a troubled teen who wrote his name in blood on history's pages. And the genre had never before seen a performance like the one by Paul Newman. He displays a complex, twitchy moodiness that captures the killer's half-boy, half-man nature. Another major presence is first-time film director Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man), exploring a theme he would return to again and again: the alienated outsider confronted by a hostile society. What Newman and Penn put on-screen in 1958 was new, provocative and startling, so it's no surprise the movie's initial reception was mixed. Today, it's hailed as a unique and influential Western.

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 883929709755
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Warner Archive
• Director: Arthur Penn
• Starring: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best, Colin Keith-Johnston, John Dierkes, Wally Brown, Ainsley Pryor
• Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.3" x 0.5"