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UNITED STATES · 1958
The Left-Handed Gun
Arthur Penn
Synopsis
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.
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Films with Similar Themes
revenge · corruption · outlaw justice · territorial conflict · betrayal
