Hell's Highway (1932 film)

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

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

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"