Another contender for the worst film ever made. "The Hellions" was a South-African western with a British director and a largely British cast, modelled on "High Noon" but an insult to Zinnemann's classic; indeed something of an insult to 99.9% of westerns in general. It has all the tropes of a good western but none of the qualities and is poorly acted by a cast who really ought to have known better but then they have some pretty terrible dialogue to contend with. The only pluses are some highly colourful photography from future Oscar-winner Ted Moore and the gunfight that ends the film is both unexpected and reasonably well handled by director Ken Annakin. Nevertheless, this is one to avoid.
Review of The Hellions
