The Purple Hills

Oct 31, 1961

1h 0m

★ 5.0

Every Indian arrow pointed to The Purple Hills where hate-for-hate and gun-for-gun scorched this land of treachery!

Overview

When a bounty hunter kills an outlaw for the reward, he has to deal with both a man falsely claiming he made the kill, and the revengeful brother of the dead man.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Associated Producers (API)

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Gil Shepard

Gene Nelson

Johnny Barnes

Kent Taylor

Chito

Danny Zapien

Young Brave

Medford Salway

Deputy Marshal

Russ Bender

Amy Carter

Joanna Barnes

Martin Beaumont

Jerry Summers

A.J. Beaumont

Jack Carr

Indian Chief (uncredited)

Jack Riggs

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