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Hell's Heroes

1929·68 min·US
Director: William Wyler
Western
The Silent West

Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers. Remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).

Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers. Remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).

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Cast

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Bob Sangster

Raymond Hatton

Raymond Hatton

Tom 'Barbwire' Gibbons

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

'Wild Bill' Kearney

Fritzi Ridgeway

Fritzi Ridgeway

Mother

J

Joe De La Cruz

José

Walter James

Walter James

Sheriff

Maria Alba

Maria Alba

Carmelita

Buck Connors

Buck Connors

Parson Jones

Jim Corey

Jim Corey

Barfly (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Choir Member (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Edward Hearn

Frank Edwards (uncredited)

John Huston

John Huston

Church Member (uncredited)

B

Bert Lindley

Gambler (uncredited)

Tom London

Tom London

Croupier (uncredited)

Bill Nestell

Bill Nestell

Barfly (uncredited)

Crew

Peter B. Kyne

writer

George Robinson

cinematographer

Heinz Roemheld

composer

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