{{Short description|1957 film by Franklin Adreon}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Hell's Crossroads | image =File:Hell's Crossroads.jpg | caption = | director = Franklin Adreon | producer = Rudy Ralston<br />Michael Baird | writer = Barry Shipman<br />John K. Butler | narrator = | starring = Stephen McNally<br />Peggie Castle<br />Robert Vaughn | music = Jerry Roberts | cinematography = John L. Russell | editing = Tony Martinelli | studio = Republic Pictures | distributor = Republic Pictures | released = {{Film date|1957|03|08}} | runtime = 73 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''Hell's Crossroads''''' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Franklin Adreon{{sfn|Pitts|2012|p=149}} and starring Stephen McNally,{{sfn|Maltin|2012|p=287}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHG9BgAAQBAJ&q=was+Stephen+McNally+in+Hell%27s+Crossroads&pg=PA39|title=Western Movie Making Locations Vol. 1 Southern California|first=Jerry L.|last=Schneider|publisher=Corriganville Press|location=Victorville, California|year=2011|isbn=978-0983197218}}</ref> Peggie Castle,{{sfn|Rainey|1998|p=96}} and Robert Vaughn.{{sfn|Rainey|1998|p=96}}{{sfn|Wilt|1991|p=162}}<ref name="Hell's Crossroads">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77745/hells-crossroads#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202031340/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77745/hells-crossroads#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2020|title=Hell's Crossroads|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)|location=Atlanta|access-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Arrigo.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Nash |first1=Jay Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WaMqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22hell's+crossroads%22+%22+Frank+Arrigo%22 |title=The Motion Picture Guide |last2=Ross |first2=Stanley Ralph |date=1985 |publisher=Cinebooks |isbn=978-0-933997-04-2 |language=en}}</ref>

==Plot== The events leading up to the killing of the outlaw Jesse James in 1882.

==Cast== * Stephen McNally as Victor 'Vic' Rodell * Peggie Castle as Paula Collins * Robert Vaughn as Bob Ford * Barton MacLane as Pinkerton Agent Clyde O'Connell * Harry Shannon as Clay Ford * Henry Brandon as Jesse James * Douglas Kennedy as Frank James * Grant Withers as Sheriff Steve Oliver * Myron Healey as Cole Younger * Frank Wilcox as Gov. Crittenden of Missouri * Jean Howell as Mrs. Jesse James * Morris Ankrum as Wheeler * Eddie Baker as Mr. Feniweather * George Bell as Deputy * Chip Carson as Telegraph Operator * Heenan Elliott as Mr. Morley * Joe Ferrante as Blacksmith * Cactus Mack as Lynch Mob Member * John Patrick as Express Agent * Jack Perrin as Lynch Mob Member * Bob Reeves as Lynch Mob Member

==Release== ''Hell's Crossroads'' was released in theatres on March 8, 1957. The film can be streamed on Amazon Video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hells-Crossroads-Stephen-McNally/dp/B009UC65F8|title=Hell's Crossroads|work=Amazon Video|location=Seattle|asin=B009UC65F8|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref>

==See also== * List of American films of 1957

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* {{cite book |last=Pitts|first=Michael R.|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=New York City|year=2012|edition=2nd|isbn=978-0786463725|page=149}} * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MIBDAAAQBAJ&q=was+Stephen+McNally+in+Hell%27s+Crossroads&pg=PA287|title=Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965|first=Leonard|last=Maltin|authorlink=Leonard Maltin|publisher=Plume|location=New York City|year=2012|isbn=978-0452295773|page=287}} * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-0yKIIRLSMC&q=Robert+Vaughn+as+Bob+Ford&pg=PA96|title=Western Gunslingers in Face and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws|first=Buck|last=Rainey|edition=1st|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=New York City|year=1998|isbn=978-0786403967|page=96}} * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPizfHP1NPUC&q=Robert+Vaughn+as+Bob+Ford&pg=PA162|title=Hardboiled in Hollywood|first=David E.|last=Wilt|publisher=Bowling Green University Popular Press|location=Bowling Green, Ohio|year=1991|page=162|isbn=9780879725259}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0050499}}

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Category:1957 films Category:1957 historical films Category:1957 Western (genre) films Category:American historical films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by Franklin Adreon Category:Republic Pictures films Category:Films set in the 1880s Category:1957 English-language films Category:1957 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:English-language historical films Category:American black-and-white films