The Hellions

The Hellions
File:The Hellions (film).jpg
Directed by	Ken Annakin
Written by	Harold Huth Patrick Kirwan Harold Swanton
Based on	story by Harold Swanton
Produced by	Harold Huth executive Irving Allen
Starring	Richard Todd
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Edited by	Bert Rule
Music by	Larry Adler
Production companies	Irving Allen Productions Jamie Uys Film Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	2 November 1961 (London)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom South Africa
Language	English

The Hellions is a 1961 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin starring Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser and Colin Blakely that was set and filmed in South Africa.

Plot

A lone law enforcement officer, Sam Hargis (Richard Todd), battles criminals in South Africa when the Billings family of Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his four sons ride into town to get revenge on Hargis for a previous clash, when he ran Luke Billings out of town.

At first, the locals leave all of the fighting to Hargis, saying that it is his sole responsibility. However, after the Billings kill two innocent residents, some of them arm themselves and shoot dead all the Billings except Luke who, during a fist fight with Hargis, falls from a roof and is killed.

Cast

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

Reception

The New York Times called it "High Noon on the veldt... wide screen drivel."

External links

• The Hellions at IMDb
• The Hellions at BFI
• The Hellions at Letterbox DVD