Hellbent for Letterbox

Michael May and Paxton Holley

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

Episodes 23

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May 23, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min
The Violent Men (1955)
Thanks to a listener's suggestion, Michael and Pax watch Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G Robinson, and Brian Keith in Rudolph Maté's The Violent Men. The movie also features Dianne Foster and Richard Jaeckel. It begins with a couple of classic Western tropes, but takes them in surprising and dark directions.
May 9, 2025 · 1 hr 26 min
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
In this episode Mike and Pax talk about a twisty western comedy called There Was a Crooked Man starring Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, Hume Cronyn, Burgess Meredith, and John Randolph.
Mar 28, 2025 · 1 hr
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Michael and Pax check out Young John Wayne and Ella Raines in the Western mystery Tall in the Saddle. The movie also features Gabby Hayes and Ward Bond.

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