Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Directed by Richard L. Bare
Written by James Charles Lynch (magazine story "The Battle at Pilgrim Hill")
Produced by Hal Roach Jr.
Starring Clem Bevans
Cecil Kellaway
Virginia Grey
Distributed byHowco
Running time
51 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill is a 1950 American Western television film produced by Hal Roach Jr. [1] for Magnavox Theatre. [2] The film was directed by Richard L. Bare and starred Clem Bevans, Cecil Kellaway and Virginia Grey. The film was included in a series of hour-long television films produced by Magnavox Theatre, it aired December 8, 1950. [3]

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