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| starring = [[Audie Murphy]]<br>[[Stephen McNally]] |
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| music = [[Irving Gertz]]<br>[[William Lava]] |
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| distributor = [[Universal International]] |
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| released = {{Film date|1960|02|01}} |
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'''''Hell Bent for Leather''''' is a 1960 American [[Eastmancolor]] [[western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[George Sherman]] starring [[Audie Murphy]].<ref>[http://www.audiemurphy.com/movies29.htm ''Hell Bent for Leather''] at Audie Murphy Memorial Site</ref> The film was based on the 1959 novel ''Outlaw Marshal'' by Ray Hogan and filmed on location in the [[Alabama Hills]] of [[Lone Pine, California]].. |
'''''Hell Bent for Leather''''' is a 1960 American [[Eastmancolor]] [[western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[George Sherman]] starring [[Audie Murphy]].<ref>[http://www.audiemurphy.com/movies29.htm ''Hell Bent for Leather''] at Audie Murphy Memorial Site</ref> The film was based on the 1959 novel ''Outlaw Marshal'' by Ray Hogan and filmed on location in the [[Alabama Hills]] of [[Lone Pine, California]].. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
Revision as of 09:57, 7 November 2016
Hell Bent for Leather | |
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Written by | Christopher Knopf |
Produced by | Gordon Kay |
Starring | Audie Murphy Felicia Farr Stephen McNally Robert Middleton |
Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Music by | Irving Gertz William Lava |
Production company | Universal International |
Distributed by | Universal International |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $500,000[1] |
Hell Bent for Leather is a 1960 American Eastmancolor Western film directed by George Sherman starring Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally and Robert Middleton.[2] The film was based on the 1959 novel Outlaw Marshal by Ray Hogan and filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California..
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 Marshal Harry Deckett (Stephen McNally). Deckett knows the truth but decides to kill Clay and pass him off as the real Travers to enhance his reputation and 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 (credited as Rad Fulton) 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)
See also
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
- 1960 films
- 1960s Western (genre) films
- American action films
- Audie Murphy
- English-language films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films directed by George Sherman
- American Western (genre) films
- American films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on Western (genre) novels
- Films shot in Lone Pine, California
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs