Hellgate (1952 film)

1952 film

September 5, 1952 (1952-09-05)

Running time

87 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Hellgate is a 1952 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Sterling Hayden.^[1]^[2] It was the second of three films Warren made for Robert L. Lippert as a writer/director.^[3]^[4]

Plot

Hellgate Prison is an aptly named facility in the desert where the worst criminals are sent. Hanley, a veterinarian and former Civil War soldier, is falsely accused and convicted of a crime. He is sentenced to this hellish place.

He immediately gets on the wrong side of Voorhees, a vicious guard, and Redfield, a mean convict. Hanley will need to fight his way out, particularly when the prisoners are afflicted with an epidemic of a spreading plague.

Cast

Sterling Hayden as Gilman S. Hanley
Joan Leslie as Ellen Hanley
Ward Bond as Lt. Tod Voorhees
James Arness as George Redfield
Peter Coe as Jumper Hall
John Pickard as Gundy Boyd
Robert Wilke as Sgt. Maj. Kearn
Kyle James as Vern Brechene
Richard Emory as Dan Mott

References

^ Hal Erickson (2009). "Hellgate". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
^ Hellgate at the TCM Movie Database
^ "KIRK DOUGLAS GETS LEAD IN TWO FILMS". New York Times. June 28, 1951. ProQuest 112038676.
^ "FILMLAND BRIEFS". Los Angeles Times. June 12, 1951. ProQuest 166188976.