Hell's Heroes
About Hell's Heroes
Bank robbers Bob Sangster, Tom Gibbons, and Bill find a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies she names the three as godfathers of the child, and they promise to save him. Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, and Fred Kohler play the three. It is from Peter B. Kyne's 1913 story The Three Godfathers. It was remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).
Cast & crew
More about Hell's Heroes
William Wyler directed. It is the first sound film he directed. Carl Laemmle Jr. produced it. George Robinson photographed it. Harry Marker edited it. Universal released it. Wikidata dates the release 12 December 1929 and times it at 68 minutes. The year on this record stays 1930. A Commons file is labeled 1929. Fritzi Ridgeway is on the catalog cast.
Themes
Look
George Robinson photographed the wagon and the trek with the baby.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Wyler had not directed a sound feature before this one.
- The Commons date is 1929, matching the December release.
- Kyne's story is the source of the later John Ford film as well.
Scenes
- The dying woman in the wagon names the three robbers as the child's godfathers.
Influenced by
- Peter B. Kyne's The Three Godfathers
Influenced
- Three Godfathers (1936)
- 3 Godfathers (1949)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Hell's Heroes)
