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Hellfire [VHS]

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Wild Bill at his best along with some good supporting cast. Although up-staged by his leading lady thru most of the oater.

Republic Pictures present "HELLFIRE" (1949) - (90 min/B&W) -- Starring: William "Wild Bill" Elliott, Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker, Jim Davis, H.B. Warner, Paul Fix, Grant Withers, Emory Parnell

Directed by R. G. Springsteen

Our story deal with morality and revenge, with our hero Wild Bill Elliott is a gambler who is saved by H.B. Warner a preacher stopping a bullet meant for Elliott. The heroine is Marie Windsor a loose woman on the dodge, in order to build a mission Elliott must capture Windsor for the reward. Marshal Forrest Tucker who is bent on killing Windsor for past actions. Elliott turned minster sees his way clear to redeem both Windsor and Tucker, but will this happen before the final reel -- great supporting cast of Jim Davis, Denver Pyle, Harry Woods, Grant Withers, Paul Fix and H.B. Warner.

This film was in tribute to the classic "Hell's Hinges", featuring William S. Hart, who was Elliott's favorite silent film Western Star ... outstanding screenplay and great direction by R.G. Springsteen ---- they just don't make 'em like this anymore and Republic Pictures was one of the leaders of exciting B-Westerns and Serials.

BIOS:
1. R.G. Springsteen (Director)
Date of birth: 8 September 1904 - Tacoma, Washington
Date of death: 9 December 1989 - Unknown

2. Bill Elliott (aka: Gordon Nance)
Date of birth: 16 October 1903 - Pattonsburg, Missouri
Date of death: 26 November 1965 - Las Vegas, Nevada

3. Marie Windsor (aka: Emily Marie Bertelsen)
Date of birth: 11 December 1919 - Marysvale, Utah
Date of death: 10 December 2000 - Beverly Hills, California

4. Forrest Tucker
Date of birth: 12 February 1919 - Plainfield, Indiana
Date of death: 25 October 1986 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars
Performance: 4 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 4 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]

Total Time: 90 min on VHS ~ Republic Video ~ (1/01/1998)

Well acted and directed movie. Marie Windsor is believable as a revengefull female gunslinger. She cuts a cute figure in her cowboy "duds".Wild Bill Elliot does a masterful job of switching from poker swindler to evangelist of Christ's words; very suspensefull and morally uplifting.