Hell's Highway (1932 film)

Hell's Highway
Hell's Highway
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	September 23, 1932;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$125,000

Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland Brown.

Plot

The 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

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

^ "4 for $125,000 Amend Radio's Costly 3". Variety. August 23, 1932. p. 4.
^ "Hell's Highway". IMDb.

External links

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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[1] "4 for $125,000 Amend Radio's Costly 3". Variety. August 23, 1932. p. 4.

[2] "Hell's Highway". IMDb.

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Hell's Highway
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	September 23, 1932 (1932-09-23)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$125,000^[1]