Saturday, April 19, 2025

Hellfire (1949)

 In this religiously tinged western William Elliot plays a card sharp who turns to God after a preacher takes a bullet for him. Promising the dying man that he would complet the church he was trying to build, Elliot determines that a sacred building can not be financed with ill gotten gain, so sets off to find other ways to raise the money. He finds one in the form of a $5,000 bounty on a notorious female bandit played by Marie Windsor. William quickly finds her and discovers he is more interested in saving her soul and winning her heart then the bounty money. He sort of teams up with her, in an effort to set her straight, and keep her from apprehension by both the law and her embittered former associates. Enjoyable western is enjoyably different, kind of a find. ***

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