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Loew’s Columbia Theatre 1112 F Street NW, Washington, DC

The release date for the 1958 Western film The Fiend Who Walked the West was August 1, 1958, in the United States.

Jeff Arnold’s West writes - The film is a remake of the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death and stars Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, and Dolores Michaels

When reviewing the Westerns of director Gordon Douglas back in February we of course mentioned The Fiend Who Walked the West and I made the point that the title might lead you to think you are in for a low-budget horror flick, but actually it’s a Western classic, a must-see for any self-respecting amateur of the genre. Time we looked at it more closely.

Fox gave it budget and did it in CinemaScope. But the name of the picture, the black & white, the lurid titles and publicity and the adults-only certification all combined to present it as a schlock-horror B-movie. It was, of course, nothing of the kind.

Viewers expecting a vampire or werewolf prowling the West (and there might be more of those viewers these days) or maybe even an alien from outer space were to be sorely disappointed. It’s a straight crime/thriller, a remake of Fox’s 1949 Henry Hathaway-directed Kiss of Death.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -