Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
Target For Terror!
When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who is tired of chasing the real Travers, decides to kill Santell and pass him off as Travers. Santell escapes from Deckett, taking lovely Janet Gifford hostage in the process. Janet comes to believe Santell's story, and helps him in his struggle to prove his real identity.
- Date of release
- 1960-02-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (38)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- George Sherman
Casting
- Audie Murphy — Clay Santell
- Felicia Farr — Janet Gifford
- Stephen McNally — Harry Deckett
- Robert Middleton — Ambrose
- James Westmoreland — Moon
- Jan Merlin — Travers
- Herbert Rudley — Nate Perrick
- Malcolm Atterbury — A.C. Gamble
- Joseph Ruskin — Shad
- Allan Lane — Kelsey
- John Qualen — Old Ben
- Eddie Little Sky — William
Interesting facts
Hell Bent for Leather is a 1960 American CinemaScope Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally and Robert Middleton. 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.
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. The other films were:
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