The Fiend Who Walked the West

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The Fiend Who Walked the West
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Written by	Ben Hecht Charles Lederer
Produced by	Herbert B. Swope Jr.
Starring	Hugh O'Brian Robert Evans Dolores Michaels Linda Cristal Stephen McNally
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Edited by	Hugh S. Fowler
Music by	Les Baxter
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release date	August 1, 1958 (1958-08-01)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$850,000^[1]

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 a psychotic ex-convict terrorising his former cellmate 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.

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Hugh O'Brian - Daniel Slade Hardy
Robert Evans - Felix Griffin
Dolores Michaels - May
Linda Cristal - Ellen Hardy
Stephen McNally - Marshal Frank Emmett
Edward Andrews - Judge Parker
Ron Ely - Deputy Jim Dyer

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^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p251

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v t e Films directed by Gordon Douglas
1930s	General Spanky (1936) Zenobia (1939)
1940s	Saps at Sea (1940) Broadway Limited (1941) The Great Gildersleeve (1942) Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943) A Night of Adventure (1944) Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944) Girl Rush (1944) The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) Zombies on Broadway (1945) First Yank into Tokyo (1945) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) San Quentin (1946) If You Knew Susie (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
1950s	The Nevadan (1950) Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) The Great Missouri Raid (1951) Only the Valiant (1951) I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) Come Fill the Cup (1951) Mara Maru (1952) The Iron Mistress (1952) She's Back on Broadway (1953) The Charge at Feather River (1953) So This Is Love (1953) Them! (1954) Young at Heart (1955) The McConnell Story (1955) Sincerely Yours (1955) Santiago (1956) The Big Land (1957) Bombers B-52 (1957) Fort Dobbs (1958) The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) Up Periscope (1959) Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
1960s	The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) Gold of the Seven Saints (1961) Claudelle Inglish (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Call Me Bwana (1963) Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) Rio Conchos (1964) Sylvia (1965) Harlow (1965) Stagecoach (1966) Way...Way Out (1966) In Like Flint (1967) Chuka (1967) Tony Rome (1967) The Detective (1968) Lady in Cement (1968)
1970s	Skullduggery (1970) They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) Barquero (1970) Skin Game (1971, uncredited) Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) Nevada Smith (1975) Viva Knievel! (1977)

Films by Charles Lederer

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As writer

v t e Ben Hecht
Films written and directed	Crime Without Passion (1934) Once in a Blue Moon (1935) The Scoundrel (1935) Soak the Rich (1936) Angels Over Broadway (1940) Specter of the Rose (1946) Actor's and Sin (1952)
Films written only	Underworld (1927) The Great Gabbo (1929) The Unholy Night (1929) Roadhouse Nights (1930) The Unholy Garden (1931) Scarface (1932) Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933) Topaze (1933) Turn Back the Clock (1933) Design for Living (1933) Viva Villa! (1934) Shoot the Works (1934) Twentieth Century (1934) The Florentine Dagger (1935) Barbary Coast (1935) Nothing Sacred (1937) The Goldwyn Follies (1938) Gunga Din (1939) Wuthering Heights (1939) Let Freedom Ring (1939) It's a Wonderful World (1939) Lady of the Tropics (1939) His Girl Friday (1940) Comrade X (1940) Lydia (1941) China Girl (1942) Roxie Hart (1942) Spellbound (1945) The Black Swan (1945) Notorious (1946) Her Husband's Affairs (1947) Kiss of Death (1947) Ride the Pink Horse (1947) The Miracle of the Bells (1948) Perfect Strangers (1950) Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) Whirlpool (1950) Monkey Business (1952) Living It Up (1954) Ulysses (1954) The Indian Fighter (1955) Miracle in the Rain (1956) The Iron Petticoat (1956) A Farewell to Arms (1957) Legend of the Lost (1957) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957) The Sun Also Rises (1957) Queen of Outer Space (1958) Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) Circus World (1964) 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Plays written	The Front Page (1928) Twentieth Century (1932) Jumbo (1935) Ladies and Gentlemen (1939) A Flag Is Born (1946)
Related	Rose Caylor (wife) Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City Gaily, Gaily (1969 film)

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