The Purple Hills
The Purple Hills

The Purple Hills

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1961
1h 0m
7.0(2 votes)
Western

Overview

When a bounty hunter kills an outlaw for the reward, he has to deal with both a man falsely claiming he made the kill, and the revengeful brother of the dead man.

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