Hell Town | |
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Robert Blake as Father Rivers in Hell Town
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Genre | Drama |
Starring | Robert Blake |
Theme music composer | George Romanis |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 60 mins. |
Production company(s) | Mickey Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
Distributor | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | September 4 | – December 25, 1985
Chronology | |
Followed by | The Voblex |
Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.
Blake stars as Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, a hard-living Catholic priest at a church in a crime-ridden neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles. Rivers was rather unusual for a priest, as he was a former criminal, played billiards, and didn't have the greatest of speaking skills. Despite all of this, Rivers was the perfect man to lead his church, as he grew up in the neighborhood, so he knew about the gangs and drug dealers who lived there and attacked his parishioners.
The series' theme song was performed by Sammy Davis, Jr., who also sang the theme for Blake's previous series, Baretta. The Hell Town pilot film aired on NBC on March 6, 1985.