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The Fiend Who Walked the West | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Written by | Ben Hecht Charles Lederer |
Produced by | Herbert B. Swope Jr. |
Starring | Hugh O'Brian Robert Evans Dolores Michaels Linda Cristal Stephen McNally |
Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler |
Music by | Les Baxter |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $850,000 |
The Fiend Who Walked the West is a 1958 American Western film based on the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death. Almost a horror western, the story involves a psychotic ex-convict terrorising his former cellmate and his family. The director was Gordon Douglas and the film stars Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, and Ron Ely.
Plot
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Cast
- Hugh O'Brian - Daniel Slade Hardy
- Robert Evans - Felix Griffin
- Dolores Michaels - May
- Linda Cristal - Ellen Hardy
- Stephen McNally - Marshal Frank Emmett
- Edward Andrews - Judge Parker
- Ron Ely - Deputy Jim Dyer
See also
References
- Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p251
External links
- The Fiend Who Walked the West at IMDb
- The Fiend Who Walked the West at the TCM Movie Database
- The Fiend Who Walked the West at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- Films with screenplays by Ben Hecht
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