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Hell's Heroes is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Wyler released in USA on 5 january 1930 with Charles Bickford
Hell's Heroes (1930)
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Add to a movie listHell's Heroes (1930) is a western film, one of many adaptations of Peter B. Kyne's novel The Three Godfathers. Three outlaws, played by Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, and Fred Kohler, promise a dying woman they will save her newborn child.
This film was the first sound film directed by William Wyler.
Synopsis
Four men, Bob Sangster, "Barbwire" Gibbons, "Wild Bill" Kearney, and José, rob the bank in the town of New Jerusalem. José and the cashier is killed, while Barbwire is shot in the shoulder. The three outlaws escape the posse, fleeing into the desert. However, their horses die and they have little water.Actors
Charles Bickford
(Bob Sangster)
Raymond Hatton
(Tom 'Barbwire' Gibbons)
Fred Kohler
('Wild Bill' Kearney)
Fritzi Ridgeway
(Mrs Frank Edwards)
Maria Alba
(Carmelita)
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