The Hellions (1961)

Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.

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Top billed cast

Richard ToddSam Hargis
Anne AubreyPriss Dobbs
Jamie UysErnie Dobbs
Marty WildeJohn Billings
Lionel JeffriesLuke Billings
James BoothJubal Billings
Al MulockMark Billings
Colin BlakelyMatthew Billings
Ronald FraserFrank
Zena WalkerJulie Hargis

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