Hell's Highway (1932)

Director:

Rowland Brown

Writers:

Samuel Ornitz (by), Robert Tasker (by),

Stars:

Richard Dix, Tom Brown, Rochelle Hudson

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Dix	...	Duke Ellis
Tom Brown	...	Johnny Ellis
Rochelle Hudson	...	Mary Ellen
C. Henry Gordon	...	Skinner
Oscar Apfel	...	Billings
Stanley Fields	...	Whiteside
John Arledge	...	Carter
Warner Richmond	...	Pop-Eye
Charles Middleton	...	Matthew (as Chas. Middleton)
Clarence Muse	...	Rascal
Louise Carter	...	Mrs. Ellis
Sandy Roth	...	Maxie
Fuzzy Knight	...	Society Red

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

bare feet | self sacrifice | mute | fire | murder | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 1932 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gloria y hambre

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The signed photographs above Romeo's bed are of Constance Bennett and Gwili Andre, among others.

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Connections

Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

User Reviews

WHAT A FILM!! WHAT AN IMPACT!!! Please View..

To me this film shown on TCM @ 2 wks ago early am! (end of NOV. 03) left such an impact. on me Never Heard or seen before!! . wow..better than I AM A Fugitive From A Chain Gang!! before the code was in progress.. A prison drama depicting the harsh realities & also the racial & sexual innuendoes which awhile later would have been censored: WATCH!!! Observe the cook in the Prison..obviously gay or "Pansy" being slapped on the behind by one of the male wardens.. & later talking about a funeral which he'll never forget, where the Pansies were sooo large"!! & the immortal Louise Beavers visiting her boyfriend in same prison"rolling her eyes" & making it clear that she wishes her "Handy Man" was free.. so she could feel so much better!!!& he sees her & states he"aint well since he ain't had no 'sugar"...wow could not believe my eyes & ears !!& the relationship between the imprisoned brothers..THIS FILM SHOULD BE ON DVD/and or VHS has a lot to say about prisons of the South at that time (early 1930s) & sexual mores & racial attitudes way back then.. should not be missed !an Historic Document!!! How did we let this one pass?? & Rochelle Hudson? gorgeous & beautiful Want to see again..Thanks TCM once more