The Hellions

The Hellions

Rough, Relentless, everyone a killer

1961 · 80 min · ★ 6.7 · Adventure, Drama, Western

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.

Directed by Irving Allen · Written by Patrick Kirwan

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Cast

Richard Todd Sam Hargis
Anne Aubrey Priss Dobbs
Jamie Uys Ernie Dobbs
Marty Wilde John Billings
Lionel Jeffries Luke Billings
James Booth Jubal Billings
Al Mulock Mark Billings
Colin Blakely Matthew Billings
Ronald Fraser Frank
Zena Walker Julie Hargis
George Moore Malachi
Bill Brewer Mike

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