Hellbent for Letterbox

Jan 25 2025 183 ep. 66 mins 112

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Paxton Holley and Michael May sit at the campfire to talk Westerns in film and other media.

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Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)

Jan 25 2025 68 mins

Mike and Pax discuss another OK Corral movie, this one starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Wyatt and Doc. And with appearances by DeForest Kelley, Jack Elam, and Dennis Hopper.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Jan 09 2025 76 mins

Michael and Pax finally revisit Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a movie that Michael liked on first viewing, but Pax didn't, and neither has seen in a very long time.

The Old Way (2023)

Dec 21 2024 55 mins

Mike and Pax discuss The Old Way from 2023 starring Nic Cage.

Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980)

Nov 21 2024 65 mins

Always on the lookout for Westerns starring women, Michael and Pax watch Lamont Johnson's Cattle Annie and Little Britches. Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane insert themselves into a demotivated outlaw gang (run by Burt Lancaster and Scott Glenn) as it tries to avoid capture by Marshal Rod Steiger. Pax also watches The Thicket (2024) while Michael takes a look at Heart of Arizona (193

Joe Kidd (1972)

Nov 13 2024 63 mins

In this episode Mike and Pax discuss another Clint Eastwood western, Joe Kidd, also starring Robert Duvall, John Saxon, and directed by John Sturges.

House II: The Second Story (1987)

Oct 30 2024 106 mins

Michael stretches the definitions of both "Western" and "Horror" when he makes Pax and guest Shawn Robare watch House II: The Second Story. Though it does have undead cowboys. The movie is the sequel to 1985's House and stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, John Ratzenberger, Bill Maher, and Lar Park-Lincoln.

Knife for the Ladies (1974)

Oct 19 2024 82 mins

It's October! Check out the first of Hellbent's Halloween episodes where Mike and Pax are joined by Shawn Robare to discuss Knife for the Ladies from 1974 starring Jack Elam!

Comanche Station (1960)

Oct 10 2024 62 mins

Michael and Pax finish watching the Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Westerns with Comanche Station, also starring Nancy Gates and Claude Akins. And Michael also watched a couple of 1930s Westerns: Buck Jones and Louise Brooks in Empty Saddles (1936) and William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy in Partners of the Plains (1938).

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

Sep 20 2024 64 mins

Mike and Pax discuss a listener request; The Last Train from Gun Hill from 1959 starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn.

Westbound (1958)

Sep 03 2024 65 mins

Michael and Pax welcome back Evan Hanson (the Classic Film Jerks podcast) as we get back to Budd Boetticher and Randolph Scott's Ranown Westerns. This time Scott plays a Union officer tasked with transporting gold from California to Washington DC through Confederate-sympathizing territory. Westbound also features Karen Steele, Michael Dante, Andrew Duggan, Michael Pate, and Virgini