Hell's Valley

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Hell's Valley
Directed by Alan James
Written byAlan James
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography William Nobles
Edited by Ethel Davey
Production
company
National Players
Distributed byBig 4 Film
Release date
  • March 7, 1931 (1931-03-07)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hell's Valley is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Hal Taliaferro, Virginia Brown Faire and Walter Miller. [1] It is a remake of When a Man Rides Alone (1919). [2]

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Synopsis

A Captain in the Texas Rangers goes in pursuit of the notorious bandit gang of the Valdez brothers.

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References

  1. Pitts, p. 65.
  2. Wollstein, Hans J. "Hell's Valley (1931)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

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