Hellfire (1949)
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25% want to see it
(8 ratings)
Western star William Elliot always insisted that his idol was silent-film cowboy William S. Hart. Elliot's Hellfire, then, can be seen as his tribute to the 1916 Bill Hart classic Hell's Hinges. Elliot plays a hard-bitten frontier gambler whose life is saved by a preacher. When the preacher… More Western star William Elliot always insisted that his idol was silent-film cowboy William S. Hart. Elliot's Hellfire, then, can be seen as his tribute to the 1916 Bill Hart classic Hell's Hinges. Elliot plays a hard-bitten frontier gambler whose life is saved by a preacher. When the preacher dies as a result, Elliot vows to mend his ways. He becomes a minister himself, planning to finish constructing a church that his predecessor had started. To finance this project, he hopes to collect the reward on female outlaw Marie Windsor. She resists all attempts to bring her to justice, but after a climactic shoot-out with the rest of the criminal element in town, the wounded Windsor repents her sins and agrees to turn herself in. Hellfire was written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, who later collaborated on the long-running TV anthology Death Valley Days. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- R.G. Springsteen
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A Bible-thumping Western curio.
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Cast
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William "Wild Bill" Elliott
as Zeb Smith
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Marie Windsor
as Doll Brown
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Forrest Tucker
as Bucky McLean
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Jim Davis
as Gyp Stoner
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H.B. Warner
as Brother Joseph
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Paul Fix
as Dusty Stoner
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Grant Withers
as Sheriff Martin
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Emory Parnell
as Sheriff Duffy
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Esther Howard
as Birdie
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Jo Gilbert
as Full Moon
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Louis R. Faust
as Red Stoner
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Harry Woods
as Lew Stoner
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Denver Pyle
as Rex
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Trevor Bardette
as Wilson
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Dewey Robinson
as Bartender
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Harry Tyler
as Bartender
- Richard Alexander
- Roy Barcroft
- Edward Keane
- Kenneth MacDonald
- Eva Novak
- Anne Twomey
- Hank Worden
- Elizabeth Marshall
- Paula Hill
- William Elliott
- Bill Elliott
