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[[Category:Films directed by George Sherman]] |
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Revision as of 07:42, 16 September 2014
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.jpg) Original film poster | |
| Directed by | George Sherman |
| Written by | Christopher Knopf |
| Produced by | Gordon Kay |
| Starring | Audie Murphy Stephen McNally |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Production company | |
Release date | 1 February 1960 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000[1] |
Hell Bent for Leather is a 1960 American film directed by George Sherman starring Audie Murphy.[2]
Plot
Clay Santell (Audie Murphy) has his horse stolen and stops in the town of Sutterville. He is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers (Jan Merlin), so hand him over to sheriff Harry Deckett (Stephen McNally). Deckett knows the truth but decides to kill Clay and pass him off as the real Travers to collect the reward money. Clay escapes and takes a woman (Felicia Farr) hostage until he can prove his innocence.
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Clay
- Felicia Farr as Janet
- Stephen McNally as Deckett
- Robert Middleton as Ambrose
- James Westmoreland as Moon
- Jan Merlin as Travers
- Herbert Rudley as Perrick
- Malcolm Atterbury as Gamble
- Joseph Ruskin as Shad
- Allan Lane as Kelsey
- John Qualen as Old Ben
- Bob Steele as Jared
Production
The film was the first of seven low-budget Westerns Audie Murphy made for producer Gordon Kay at Universal. They would be shot in 18–20 days at a budget of around $500,000, and normally feature only three main roles: the hero (played by Murphy), female lead, and villain.[1] The other films were:
- Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
- Posse from Hell (1961)
- Six Black Horses (1962)
- Showdown (1963)
- Bullet for a Badman (1964)
- Gunpoint (1966)
References
- ^ a b Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291
- ^ Hell Bent for Leather at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
External links
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