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    The Treatment

    Walter Hill: "The Cowboy Iliad’’

    Director Walter Hill makes his narrator debut in "The Cowboy Iliad."

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    By Elvis Mitchell • May 3, 2019 • 28m Listen

    Best known for directing "The Warriors", "The Driver" and producing the classic "Alien" anthology, Hill's love for the Western genre now takes center stage. Today on The Treatment, Hill discusses a notable run in with Orson Welles and his feelings on making his narrating debut in "The Cowboy Iliad".

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      Elvis Mitchell

      host of KCRW’s The Treatment

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      Walter Hill

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