Half Way to Hell

Mar 4, 1960

1h 7m

★ 4.0

They went "Half Way to Hell" to get what they wanted.

Overview

Maria San Carlos, the only daughter of a wealthy landowner, is betrothed to Escobar, a General in the Mexican Revolution, but she does not love him. Escobar sends a mixed gang of Americans and Mexicans to capture her and bring her to him. Complications ensue when an American cowboy, who had been hitching a ride with Maria's entourage and has his gold stolen by the gang, pursues them across the desert.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Victor Adamson Productions

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Cast

Escobar

Lyle Felice

Maria San Carlos

Caroll Montour

Manuel

Sergio Virel

Joanne

Shirley Tegge

Jeff Lawton

David Lloyd

El Chato

Don Carlos

Mr. Wesson

Gene Sterling

Slade

Al Adamson

Blackie

Monte Joe Oyler

Diego

Gene Walker

Driver

Joe Lane

Guard

Alfred Shelly

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.

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