Hell's Outpost is a 1954 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Rod Cameron, Joan Leslie, Chill Wills, John Russell.

[1][2][3] Tully Gibbs arrives in a California mining town looking for Kevin Russel, whose late son Al he had known in Korea during the war.

Kevin is grateful, saying Al had mentioned his friend Tully in previous correspondence.

Sarah confides in Sam Horne, the newspaper publisher, that she doubts the authenticity of Tully's story about Al's letters.

Tully discovers that Kevin has known all along that he wrote the letters from Korea himself, pretending the sentiments were Al's.