The Purple Hills
“Every Indian arrow pointed to The Purple Hills where hate-for-hate and gun-for-gun scorched this land of treachery!”
1961•1h 0m•7.0•Released
Western
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.
Director
Maury Dexter
Writer
Edith Cash Pearl, Russ Bender
Studio
Associated Producers (API)
Cast
Gene Nelson
Gil Shepard
Kent Taylor
Johnny Barnes
Danny Zapien
Chito
Medford Salway
Young Brave
Russ Bender
Deputy Marshal
Joanna Barnes
Amy Carter
Jerry Summers
Martin Beaumont
Jack Carr
A.J. Beaumont
Jack Riggs
Indian Chief (uncredited)
Production
Company
Associated Producers (API)
Company
20th Century Fox
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