Hell's Highway (1932 film)

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