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Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland Brown.
| Hell's Highway | |
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.jpg) Hell's Highway ad from The Film Daily, 1932 | |
| Directed by | Rowland Brown John Cromwell |
| Written by | Samuel Ornitz and Robert Tasker and Rowland Brown |
| Produced by | David O. Selznick (executive producer) |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
| Music by | Clarence Muse |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $125,000[1] |
Plot
editThe film centers around brutal conditions in a prison of the Southern United States. Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship. Duke Ellis is the most influential inmate among them. He soon discovers his younger brother has also been incarcerated and joined the chain gang. Soon enough Duke will mastermind a mass riot.[2]
Cast
edit- Richard Dix as Frank "Duke" Ellis
- Tom Brown as John "Johnny" Ellis
- Rochelle Hudson as Mary Ellen
- C. Henry Gordon as "Blacksnake Skinner"
- Oscar Apfel as William Billings
- Stanley Fields as F.E. Whiteside
- John Arledge as Joe Carter
- Warner Richmond as "Captain Pop-Eye Jackson"
- Charles B. Middleton as "Matthew The Hermit"
- Louise Carter as Mrs. Ellis
- Clarence Muse as Rascal
- Fuzzy Knight as "Society Red"
References
edit- ^ "4 for $125,000 Amend Radio's Costly 3". Variety. August 23, 1932. p. 4.
- ^ "Hell's Highway". IMDb.
External links
edit- Hell's Highway at the TCM Movie Database
- Hell's Highway at IMDb
- Hell's Highway at AllMovie
- Hell's Highway is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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