The Fiend Who Walked the West
Appearance
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $850,000[1] |
The Fiend Who Walked the West is a 1958 Western movie 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 film stars Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, and Ron Ely.
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 AllMovie
- The Fiend Who Walked the West at the TCM Movie Database
- The Fiend Who Walked the West at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1958 films
- 1950s Western (genre) films
- English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- American Western (genre) films
- Films directed by Gordon Douglas
- Films scored by Les Baxter
- American film remakes
- Films with screenplays by Charles Lederer
- Films with screenplays by Ben Hecht
- 1950s Western (genre) film stubs