The Hellions (1961)

Name: The Hellions
Director: Irving Allen
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Released: 1961-11-27
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Cast: Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Jamie Uys, Marty Wilde

Adventure Drama Western

Director: Irving Allen

Cast: Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Jamie Uys, Marty Wilde

Runtime80 min

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Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.

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Fans of classic Westerns and character-driven dramas will enjoy the tense showdown at the heart of The Hellions (1961), directed by Irving Allen. With strong performances from Richard Todd and Jamie Uys, the film blends adventure and moral conflict as a police sergeant faces off against a defiant local family, culminating in an engaging confrontation that explores power dynamics in a small town.

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The Hellions is a 1961 British Western film directed by Ken Annakin starring Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser and Colin Blakely. It was written by Harold Huth, Patrick Kerwan and Harold Swanton, and set and filmed in South Africa.