Hell Town

Let My Jenny Go

Father Hardstep Rivers attempst to save Jennie, a young prostitute from a fate worse than death. Jennie doesn’t know that her pimp Ric (George Chakiris) is really her father, or that her mother Sara (Bibi Besch) is doing time in the pen. Hardstep tries to affect a miracle by having the former lovers meet at the church altar. He gets Sara out of the pen on a pass, then watches as the woman implores Ric to free their daughter from sexual bondage. Even the resident wino could have seen what was coming. Not Hardstep. Eric refuses the mother’s request, and she murders him in cold blood with a knife.

Sep 11, 1985

The People vs. Willie the Goat

Sep 18, 1985

Fast Louie

Father Hardstep loses his cool when an old con man shows up and tells the orphans he’s the priest's real father.

Sep 25, 1985

Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)

Oct 2, 1985

Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)

Oct 2, 1985

I Will Abide

A veteran pimp returns to Hell Town and resumes his old ways, prompting Hardstep to push a disillusioned cop (Guy Stockwell) into action.

Oct 23, 1985

Stumpy Boy

Oct 30, 1985

Lords of War

Nov 6, 1985

The One Called Daisy

Sister Daisy is brutally attacked and raped and subsequently discovers she is pregnant, and it is now Father Hardstep's difficult work to support her in the agonizing decision whether to keep the baby.

Nov 13, 1985

Love and Four Corners

Father Hardstep deals with a group of women who threaten to leave their husbands blaming a corner bar where the men are accused of not only drinking too much but losing their money gambling.

Nov 20, 1985

My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner

Nov 27, 1985

A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)

Town’ Father Hardstep has his hands full when Kathy, former Hell Town resident, marries David, son of Beverly Hills socialites. Problems arise when Kathy's father, Phil, out on leave from jail, wants to skip out to settle an old score, and David's father is an embarrassment with his snobbish behavior.

Dec 4, 1985

The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)

Father Hardstep saves a young girl, Meg, from a life on the Sets and pornography films, only to discover she is further harassed by a faceless corporation terorizing tenants in her newfound home and life.

Dec 11, 1985

The Last Kiss (a.k.a. Judas Goat, a.k.a. Hidden Splendor)

Dec 18, 1985

One Ball

Dec 25, 1985