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71% Critic Match
Hell's Heroes
“The All-Talking Outdoor Classic”
7.1 / 10• 1929• 1h 8m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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).
Cast & Crew
Charles Bickford
Bob Sangster
Lead
Raymond Hatton
Tom 'Barbwire' Gibbons
Fred Kohler
'Wild Bill' Kearney
Fritzi Ridgeway
Mother
JD
Joe De La Cruz
José
Walter James
Sheriff
Maria Alba
Carmelita
Buck Connors
Parson Jones
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Wyler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hell's Heroes is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
