HELL'S HIGHWAY (1932) Richard Dix, Rochelle Hudson & Tom Brown | Action, Crime, Drama | B&W

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

SYNOPSIS
Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.

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.

CAST & CREW
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"

Directed by Rowland Brown, John Cromwell
Written by Samuel Ornitz, Robert Tasker, 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

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