To Hell and Gone


To Hell and Gone is a 2019 spaghetti western film written and directed by Kyle Moore in his feature length debut. The film stars Susan Gayle Watts, Carr Cavender, P.J. Marshall and Robert Morgan.

Plot

A drifter crosses paths with deadly goons who have taken a rancher hostage on her property.

Cast

  • Susan Gayle Watts
  • Carr Cavender
  • P.J. Marshall
  • Robert Morgan
  • Clayton Froning
  • Drew Connick
  • Rob Nagle
  • Pete Rockwell
  • Thaddeus Shafer

    Production

The film is Moore's feature length debut. Principal photography took place on Main Street and the El Coronado Restaurant in Safford, Arizona while the majority of the film was shot in Klondyke, Arizona. Cavender's parents own the property where most of the film is set in Oro Valley, Arizona.
The film was financed for $200,000 with help by crowd-funding on Indiegogo.

Release

The film premiered at Arizona International Film Festival on April 13, 2019. It was distributed by Gravitas Ventures in 2020.

Reception

Jon Johnson at The Gila Herald said it is an original film, with characters resembling the cast of Reservoir Dogs. Jim McLennan at Film Blitz scored it a C+ claiming it is set up like Die Hard on a ranch but that it doesn't deliver.