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The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)

The Fiend Who Walked the West poster
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is released from prison and tries to start a new life with his family. A dangerous ex cellmate follows him and threatens everyone he loves.

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What happens

The Fiend Who Walked the West is a 1958 American Western film based on the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death. Almost a horror western, the story involves psychotic ex cellmate Felix Griffin terrorizing his former cellmate Daniel Hardy and his family. The director was Gordon Douglas and the film stars Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, and Ron Ely. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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