Hell Bent for Leather ( film ) - Wikipedia Hell Bent for Leather ( film ) Hell Bent for Leather Original film poster Directed by George Sherman Produced by Gordon Kay Written by Christopher Knopf Based on Outlaw Marshal by Ray Hogan Starring Audie Murphy Felicia Farr Stephen McNally Robert Middleton Music by Irving Gertz William Lava Cinematography Clifford Stine Edited by Milton Carruth Production company Universal Pictures Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date February 1, 1960 ( 1960 - 02 - 01 ) ( United States ) Running time 82 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $500,000 Hell Bent for Leather is a 1960 American CinemaScope Eastmancolor Western film directed by George Sherman starring Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally and Robert Middleton. The film was based on the 1959 novel Outlaw Marshal by Ray Hogan and filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California... Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Plot Clay Santell ( Audie Murphy ) has his horse stolen and stops in the town of Sutterville. He is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers ( Jan Merlin ), so hand him over to Marshal Harry Deckett ( Stephen McNally ). Deckett knows the truth but decides to kill Clay and pass him off as the real Travers to enhance his reputation and collect the reward money. Clay escapes and takes a woman ( Felicia Farr ) hostage until he can prove his innocence. Cast Audie Murphy as Clay Felicia Farr as Janet Stephen McNally as Deckett Robert Middleton as Ambrose James Westmoreland as Moon ( as Red Fulton ) Jan Merlin as Travers Herbert Rudley as Perrick Malcolm Atterbury as Gamble Joseph Ruskin as Shad Allan Lane as Kelsey John Qualen as Old Ben Eddie Little Sky as William Steve Gravers as Grover Beau Gentry as Stone Bob Steele as Jared Production The film was the first of seven low - budget Westerns Audie Murphy made for producer Gordon Kay at Universal. They would be shot in 18 -- 20 days at a budget of around $500,000, and normally feature only three main roles : the hero ( played by Murphy ), female lead, and villain. The other films were : Seven Ways from Sundown ( 1960 ) Posse from Hell ( 1961 ) Six Black Horses ( 1962 ) Showdown ( 1963 ) Bullet for a Badman ( 1964 ) Gunpoint ( 1966 ) See also List of American films of 1960 References ^ Jump up to : Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet : The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291 Jump up ^ Hell Bent for Leather at Audie Murphy Memorial Site External links Hell Bent for Leather on IMDb Hell Bent for Leather at TCMDB hide Films directed by George Sherman Wild Horse Rodeo ( 1937 ) The Purple Vigilantes ( 1938 ) Outlaws of Sonora ( 1938 ) Riders of the Black Hills ( 1938 ) Heroes of the Hills ( 1938 ) Pals of the Saddle ( 1938 ) Overland Stage Raiders ( 1938 ) Rhythm of the Saddle ( 1938 ) Santa Fe Stampede ( 1938 ) Red River Range ( 1938 ) Mexicali Rose ( 1939 ) The Night Riders ( 1939 ) Three Texas Steers ( 1939 ) Wyoming Outlaw ( 1939 ) Colorado Sunset ( 1939 ) New Frontier ( 1939 ) The Kansas Terrors ( 1939 ) Rovin ' Tumbleweeds ( 1939 ) Cowboys from Texas ( 1939 ) South of the Border ( 1939 ) Ghost Valley Raiders ( 1940 ) Covered Wagon Days ( 1940 ) Rocky Mountain Rangers ( 1940 ) One Man 's Law ( 1940 ) The Tulsa Kid ( 1940 ) Under Texas Skies ( 1940 ) Frontier Vengeance ( 1940 ) The Trail Blazers ( 1940 ) Texas Terrors ( 1940 ) Lone Star Raiders ( 1940 ) Wyoming Wildcat ( 1941 ) The Phantom Cowboy ( 1941 ) Two Gun Sheriff ( 1941 ) Desert Bandit ( 1941 ) Kansas Cyclone ( 1941 ) Citadel of Crime ( 1941 ) The Apache Kid ( 1941 ) Death Valley Outlaws ( 1941 ) A Missouri Outlaw ( 1941 ) Arizona Terrors ( 1942 ) Stagecoach Express ( 1942 ) Jesse James, Jr. ( 1942 ) The Cyclone Kid ( 1942 ) The Sombrero Kid ( 1942 ) X Marks the Spot ( 1942 ) London Blackout Murders ( 1943 ) The Mantrap ( 1943 ) False Faces ( 1943 ) The West Side Kid ( 1943 ) A Scream in the Dark ( 1943 ) Mystery Broadcast ( 1943 ) The Lady and the Monster ( 1944 ) Storm Over Lisbon ( 1944 ) The Crime Doctor 's Courage ( 1945 ) Renegades ( 1946 ) The Gentleman Misbehaves ( 1946 ) Talk About a Lady ( 1946 ) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest ( 1946 ) The Secret of the Whistler ( 1946 ) Personality Kid ( 1946 ) Last of the Redskins ( 1947 ) Relentless ( 1948 ) Black Bart ( 1948 ) River Lady ( 1948 ) Feudin ', Fussin ' and A-Fightin ' ( 1948 ) Larceny ( 1948 ) Red Canyon ( 1949 ) Yes Sir, That 's My Baby ( 1949 ) Sword in the Desert ( 1949 ) Calamity Jane and Sam Bass ( 1949 ) Comanche Territory ( 1950 ) The Sleeping City ( 1950 ) Tomahawk ( 1951 ) The Golden Horde ( 1951 ) The Raging Tide ( 1951 ) Steel Town ( 1952 ) The Battle at Apache Pass ( 1952 ) Back at the Front ( 1952 ) Against All Flags ( 1952 ) The Lone Hand ( 1953 ) The Veils of Bagdad ( 1953 ) War Arrow ( 1953 ) Border River ( 1954 ) Johnny Dark ( 1954 ) Dawn at Socorro ( 1954 ) Chief Crazy Horse ( 1955 ) Count Three and Pray ( 1955 ) The Treasure of Pancho Villa ( 1955 ) Comanche ( 1956 ) Ten Days to Tulara ( 1958 ) The Son of Robin Hood ( 1959 ) Hell Bent for Leather ( 1960 ) The Enemy General ( 1960 ) None But the Brave ( 1960 ) The Wizard of Baghdad ( 1960 ) The Fiercest Heart ( 1961 ) Panic Button ( 1964 ) Smoky ( 1966 ) Big Jake ( 1971 ) This 1960s Western film -- related article is a stub. 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Question: where was the movie hell bent for leather filmed
Answer: the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California