Date:  Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:28:41 -0800

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Re: hellbent for leather



On Sun, 19 Mar 1995, Brad Grissom wrote:



> >I've heard "hell for leather" and "hellbent on/for destruction", but not

> >"hellbent for leather."

> >Joe Monda

>

>  There's a 1960 Audie Murphy movie titled -Hell Bent for Leather-.

>

>  Brad Grissom

>

Unless memory deceives me, "hellbent for leather" also occurs in one of the

songs in the Rogers & Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma": I think it's in

"Surrey with the Fringe on Top."



Peter McGraw

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR