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