Laughter in Hell (1933)
ARE CHAIN GANG MEN REAL HEROES of ROMANCE?
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
- Date of release
- 1933-01-12
- TMDB
- 3.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Edward L. Cahn
Casting
- Pat O'Brien — Barney Slaney
- Tommy Conlon — Barney as a Boy
- Merna Kennedy — Marybelle Evans
- Berton Churchill — Mike Slaney
- Gloria Stuart — Lorraine
- Tom Brown — Barton
- Clarence Muse — Abraham Jackson
- Douglass Dumbrille — Ed Perkins
- Arthur Vinton — Grover Perkins
- Noel Madison — Brownfield
- Lew Kelly — Mileaway
- Mickey Bennett — Grover as a Boy
Interesting facts
Laughter in Hell is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Pat O'Brien. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films. Adapted from the 1932 novel of the same name by Jim Tully, the film was inspired in part by I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang and was part of a series of films depicting men in chain gangs following the success of that film. O'Brien plays a railroad engineer who kills his wife and her lover in a jealous rage and is sent to prison. The movie received a mixed review in The New York Times upon its release.
Production
The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.
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