An Audie Murphy western from 1960 which may've inspired Judas Priest to name one of their early albums after. Murphy plays a hapless Good Samaritan who helps a thirsty nomad who emerges from the desert but when said man conks Murphy on the head & steals his horse, Murphy manages to shoot a finely silvered encrusted shotgun from the thief's grip only to be mistaken for the same crook when the townspeople comes in contact w/him. Murphy essentially becomes a Hitchcock hero (the wrongly accused man) who has to go on the run before the lynch happy town gets their hands on him or if the marshal running the posse decides to turn him, even though he knows Murphy is innocent. Coming along for the ride is Felicia Farr (Jack Lemon's widow in real life) who is herself a town pariah of sorts due to her father's background. Pretty good but as I get through these Murphy westerns, I'm finding he did his best work w/a seasoned director than these by the number pointers he had the misfortune to work with.
Review of Hell Bent for Leather
