Hell Town (1985)
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.
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Episode 1 - Let My Jenny Go
Release Date: 1985-09-11Father 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.
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Episode 2 - The People vs. Willie the Goat
Release Date: 1985-09-18 -
Episode 3 - Fast Louie
Release Date: 1985-09-25Father Hardstep loses his cool when an old con man shows up and tells the orphans he’s the priest's real father.
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Episode 4 - Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)
Release Date: 1985-10-02 -
Episode 5 - Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)
Release Date: 1985-10-02 -
Episode 6 - I Will Abide
Release Date: 1985-10-23 -
Episode 7 - Stumpy Boy
Release Date: 1985-10-30 -
Episode 8 - Lords of War
Release Date: 1985-11-06 -
Episode 9 - The One Called Daisy
Release Date: 1985-11-13Sister 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.
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Episode 10 - Love and Four Corners
Release Date: 1985-11-20Father 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.
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Episode 11 - My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner
Release Date: 1985-11-27 -
Episode 12 - A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)
Release Date: 1985-12-04Town’ 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.
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Episode 13 - The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)
Release Date: 1985-12-11Father 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.
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Episode 14 - The Last Kiss (a.k.a. Judas Goat, a.k.a. Hidden Splendor)
Release Date: 1985-12-18 -
Episode 15 - One Ball
Release Date: 1985-12-25