Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code drama 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 chastened 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 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"
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