Hot Lead

{{Short description|1951 film by Stuart Gilmore}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Hot Lead

| image = Hot_Lead_Film_Poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Stuart Gilmore

| producer = Herman Schlom

| writer = William Lively

| starring = Tim Holt

| music = C. Bakaleinikoff

| cinematography = Nicholas Musuraca

| editing = Robert Golden

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1951|10|30|US|ref1={{cite web | url= https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/50145| title=Hot Lead: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= March 13, 2024}}}}

| runtime = 60 mins

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Hot Lead is a 1951 Western film.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3360/hot-lead|title=Hot Lead (1951) – Overview – TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p261 It stars Tim Holt and Joan Dixon and is directed by Stuart Gilmore.

The production uses footage from an earlier Holt film, Saddle Legion, one of the rare times this happened in Holt's movies.{{cite web|url=http://offscreen.com/view/tim-holt-and-the-b-western|title=Tim Holt and the B Western|publisher=}}

It was the last film made featuring Lightning, Holt's Palomino horse in 27 movies. He was replaced by Sun Dance, another Palomino.{{Cite news|title=Minnie Wolk's Pupils|date=June 15, 1951|work=Christian Science Monitor|page=5}}