Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Hell's Heroes heads-up

Four years ago, I made mention of the 1936 version of Three Godfathers, and that it's a story that's been done several times. Briefly, in the old west, a group of bank robbers go off into the desert to escape, and in the desert, they cross paths with a dying mother and her infant child. The only way the child will survive is if the robbers bring it back to town, but that of course would mean their own doom since they're wanted for the robbery.

The first version was released in early 1930 with the title Hell's Heroes, and that version is going to be on tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM as part of a day of movies set in the desert. If you want to compare it and contrast it with the 1936 version, that one is going to be on TCM tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 PM. The John Wayne version from the late 1940s is supposed to be on twice in December, but not as part of tomorrow's lineup.

Amazon has all three versions available on DVD, with the John Wayne version also being available on streaming video for those who can do that.

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