168 episodes

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

Hellbent for Letterbox Cahoots

    • TV & Film
    • 4.3 • 4 Ratings

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

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

    Michael and Pax continue April Fools Month, talking about movies that are Western-connected if not actual Western movies themselves. For this episode, we talk about Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure featuring time-traveling historical figures like Billy the Kid.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Bloodrayne 2 - Deliverance (2007)

    Bloodrayne 2 - Deliverance (2007)

    Happy April Fool's Month!  In this episode Mike and Pax cover Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance which features Pat Garrett and a vampire Billy the Kid!

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

    Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

    Michael and Pax continue exploring the Ranown Westerns with Budd Boetticher's Buchanan Rides Alone, starring Randolph Scott and also featuring one of our favorites, LQ Jones. And Pax reads a Western detective novel, Holmes on the Range.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Shanghai Joe (1973)

    Shanghai Joe (1973)

    Mike and Pax are joined by their good buddy Jeeg to discuss the 1973 Eastern meets Western, Shanghai Joe starring Chen Lee and Klaus Kinski.

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)

    Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)

    Michael and Pax celebrate the 150th episode of Hellbent with last year's Bass Reeves mini-series starring David Oyelowo, Lauren E Banks, and Forrest Goodluck. And guest-starring Barry Pepper, Shea Whigham, Dennis Quaid, and Donald Sutherland. 
    Pax also talks about his recent guest-appearance on the Authorized Novelizations Podcast discussing Theodore Sturgeon's novelization of The Rare Breed.

    • 1 hr 40 min
    My Little Chickadee (1940)

    My Little Chickadee (1940)

    Michael and Pax foray once more into western comedy with the Mae West classic, My Little Chickadee, from 1940 costarring WC Fields.

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

Dobbsy22 ,

Fills a gap in the podcast world.

Considering how popular westerns are, it is surprising that there are so few podcasts devoted to the genre. Well saddle up with Hellbent for Letterbox and listen to these two guys talking about the genre - movies, books etc. Just the sort of thing to listen to around the campfire. Excellent.

LJAZ1880 ,

Should be good but…

To much unnecessary waffle! Get on with it!

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