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Hell's Highway (1932 film)

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Hell's Highway
Hell's Highway ad from The Film Daily, 1932
Directed byRowland Brown
John Cromwell
Written bySamuel Ornitz and
Robert Tasker and
Rowland Brown
Produced byDavid O. Selznick (executive producer)
CinematographyEdward Cronjager
Edited byWilliam Hamilton
Music byClarence Muse
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • September 23, 1932 (1932-09-23)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125,000[1]

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

Plot

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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

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References

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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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