I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

To me, this movie is perfection.

A lot of fun.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

I've seen and reviewed over two dozen Audie Murphy movies here on IMDb, almost all of them Westerns, and they generally range from pretty good to run of the mill. This one falls just shy of cracking the top third tier, but I have to say, there were a lot of things in the story that just didn't make sense to me. The main one was the motivation of the deranged marshal Harry Deckett (Stephen McNally) in his pursuit of Clay Santell (Murphy). He was so over the top in trying to hunt down and kill an innocent man that it made me wonder how he ever got to be a lawman in the first place. OK, late in the story it was posited that this was his one chance for glory by bringing in a notorious outlaw, but he was just as determined to kill Janet Gifford (Felicia Farr) as part of the bargain if she got in the way.Then there was the relationship between Santell and Janet. There was that close call at the Gifford farmhouse when the town posse just missed him, but Miss Gifford had the opportunity to blow the whistle at a time when Clay had just snuck into the house and could have been a real threat; she just didn't know. Clay proceeded to treat her pretty harshly by making her a virtual kidnap victim, leading the inept town citizens on a buckboard chase through the desert. That was actually a pretty dumb move on Santell's part, the men pursuing him were still close by and it didn't take much for them to see the pair try to make a getaway.And what's with the brother trio led by the injured bully Ambrose (Robert Middleton)? After terrorizing Clay and Janet in the mountain cabin, Ambrose wound up taking heat for the couple when Deckett arrived even though he had no motivation to do so, getting slapped around while brothers Shad and Grover hung around doing nothing. It would have been just as easy to say 'they went thataway' and no one would have been any the wiser. I didn't get that scene at all.And here's a good one. After paying forty dollars to Ambrose for one horse, Clay jumps the other two brothers to make his getaway after they steal his gold pouch. But later, on the trail to Paradise, they have only the one horse Janet is riding on. What happened there? Well most of the other reviews for the picture here are generally favorable, and I don't have a problem with that. I like Audie Murphy, but most of his films weren't written for mensa candidates, and this one is a pretty good example. What did get my attention in the story was a very minor occurrence at the hotel bar in Paradise when a customer came in and ordered some 'scamper juice'. That sounds just like what I could have used while watching the movie.

Fans of Western movies will not be disappointed. While not a great or even distinguished Western, it also LACKS the faults of so many other Westerns. On the plus side it can boast good colorful outdoor mountainous locations and cinema-photography , leading and supporting actors, a believable situation and a literate imaginative script. On the negative side: zero; I can't think of anything laughable, offensive or jarring. Audie Murphy looked and acted good. Felicia Farr looked better, even gorgeous. And Stephen McNally stole the movie with his acting chops. Robert Middleton was his usual excellent self in a brief suspenseful scene during Murphy's chase from McNally. Jan Merlin did well as a villain.I thought it was an interesting and unusual motive for Sheriff McNally's lying that Murphy and not Merlin was the criminal being chased. I won't reveal it in this review, though it is spelled out in most of the other reviews here. The reason puzzled me throughout watching the film, and it was finally revealed at the conclusion. Also intriguing was how Murphy would extricate himself from his predicament. Finally, kudos for Farr's back story. Surprising that there were no romantic scenes (embraces, kisses, etc.) between the two leads, Murphy and Farr, though the last scene had then leave hand in hand.

Since I watch Westerns very closely, taping them and watching them over, sometimes I see things I missed earlier. This movie kept you at the edge of your seat much of the time, especially when Santee did not have a gun or any money. One part of special interest was when he and the girl went into a saloon and asked for a glass of water because he had lost his money in a scramble to get away from R. Middleton and his boys earlier. At the bar was a rifle that Santee had his eye on. Next to the rifle, standing, was an old timer I recognized to be Kermit Maynard. In the list of actors, he was not even credited as being in the movie. I watched it over and over, and I am pretty sure K. Maynard was the guy at the bar, who picked up the rifle and left. Anybody see it that way??? Thanks.

Hell Bent for Leather, from what I gathered was used, in the 19th Century to mean breakaway speed or great determination. This is not an Audie Murphy western, with great action scenes like "The Cimarron Kid" or "Duel at Silver Creek", but it is one of his best. It has a very good plot and two remarkable actors, Felicia Farr and Stephen McNally. Felicia is very attractive as Janet, a tough woman, who ends up helping Clay Santell (Murphy) who gets mistaken for a killer. But it is the Marshal Deckett (McNally) who makes the strongest impression, a man driven by his need for a false glory, which will compensate the humiliation of his past. Old timers Allan Lane and Bob Steele show up on the film.