''Hell Town'' is an American

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television series that aired on

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from September 11 until December 25, 1985. The series features

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Synopsis

Blake stars as Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, a hard-living

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priest at a church in a crime-ridden neighborhood on the east side of

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. 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.

Cast

as Father Noah "Hardstep" Rivers *

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as One Ball *

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as Lawyer Sam *

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as Mother Maggie *

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as Sister Indigo * Isabel Grandin as Sister Angel Cakes *

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as Stump * Rhonda Dodson as Sister Daisy * Zitto Kazann as Crazy Horse

Episodes

Production notes

The series' theme song was performed by Sammy Davis, Jr., who also sang the theme for Blake's previous series, ''

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''. The Hell Town pilot film aired on NBC on March 6, 1985.

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