Directed by:
George ShermanScreenplay:
Christopher KnopfCinematography:
Clifford StineCast:
Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally, Robert Middleton, Jan Merlin, Malcolm Atterbury, Joseph Ruskin, Allan Lane, John Qualen, Bob Steele (more)Plots(1)
Hell Bent for Leather is a standard western that features Audie Murphy in the role of Clay, a cowboy hunted by a posse out for blood. Clay deals and trade in horses in an honest way, and he does not suspect that a crooked U.S. Marshal (Stephen McNally) interested in furthering his career, is determined to nab him as a killer though he knows full well Clay is innocent. When first attacked, Clay grabs a hostage (Felicia Farr) who eventually sides with him and helps him in the long chase that follows. Clay's challenge is not only to get away from the Marshal and his posse but to somehow prove his innocence as well. Murphy, the most decorated soldier in World War II was still riding the popularity of his own real-life story in 1955's To Hell and Back when this western was released. (101 Films)
(more)Cast
Audie Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Showdown (1963)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Apache Rifles (1964)
Felicia Farr
USA
Best movies:
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Charley Varrick (1973)
The Player (1992)
Stephen McNally
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Winchester '73 (1950)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Robert Middleton
USA
Best movies:
The Proud Ones (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Court Jester (1955)
Jan Merlin
USA
Best movies:
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Illegal (1955)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
Malcolm Atterbury
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Birds (1963)
Joseph Ruskin
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
Allan Lane
USA
Best movies:
Air Force (1943)
Colt .45 (1950)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Bob Steele
USA
Best movies:
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The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Kermit Maynard
USA
Best movies:
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Giant (1956)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Mike Ragan
USA
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Roy Engel
USA
Best movies:
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
Herbert Rudley
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Court Jester (1955)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
Willard W. Willingham
USA
Best movies:
Pony Express (1953)
Arizona Raiders (1965)
40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
Olan Soule
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Eddie Little Sky
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Cimarron (1960)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Steve Gravers
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
Al Capone (1959)
Shari Lee Bernath
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
James Westmoreland
USA
Best movies:
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
The Last Sunset (1961)