Hell Bent for Leather | |
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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]
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.
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: