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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.
Hell's Highway: Directed by Rowland Brown, John Cromwell. With Richard Dix, Rochelle Hudson, Tom Brown, C. Henry Gordon. 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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rowland Brown, John Cromwell
- 1932-09-23
HELL'S HIGHWAY, story by Samuel Ornits, Robert Tasker and Rowland Brown; directed by Rowland Brown; an RKO Radio Production. At the RKO Mayfair. Frank Ellis ....
- 62 min
Hell's Highway (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Throwback To The Middle Ages Crisp and newsy opening credit sequence, introducing inmates Duke (Richard Dix) and Romeo (Jed Kiley), in director Roland Brown's chain gang drama Hell's Highway, 1932.
- Rowland Brown, James Anderson, John Cromwell
- Richard Dix
Movie Title/Year and Scene Descriptions. Screenshots. Hell's Highway (1932) In director Rowland Brown's hard-hitting indictment of the sadistic prison chain-gang system (the first of its kind in the film industry), by RKO's David Selznick, similar to Warners' soon-to-be-released I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) - about prisoners ...
Two brothers subjected to the brutality of a Southern chain gang risk their lives plotting an escape.
- Crime, Drama
May 12, 2024 · English. Storyline: The prisoners in the gang are forced to build the "Freeway of Freedom" so that their warden can be punished under his brutal leadership, causing Duke Ellis to organize a massive riot. Director: Rowland Brown. John Cromwell. Writers: Samuel Ornitz. Robert Tasker. Rowland Brown. Stars: Richard Dix. Rochelle Hudson. Tom Brown.
