Hell's Heroes (1929)

7.1/10 68 min Western

Overview

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

Charles Bickford

Bob Sangster

Raymond Hatton

Tom 'Barbwire' Gibbons

Fred Kohler

'Wild Bill' Kearney

Fritzi Ridgeway

Mother

Walter James

Sheriff

Maria Alba

Carmelita

Buck Connors

Parson Jones

Jim Corey

Barfly (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Choir Member (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Frank Edwards (uncredited)

John Huston

Church Member (uncredited)

Tom London

Croupier (uncredited)

Bill Nestell

Barfly (uncredited)

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