Hell's House

Hell's House (1932)

EXPOSED! The Grim Joke of Justice!

A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.

Date of release
1932-01-30
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Drama
Director
Howard Higgin

Casting

Interesting facts

Hell's House is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Junior Durkin, featuring Bette Davis and directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin.

Production

The film, shot in thirteen days, originally was entitled Juvenile Court. Bette Davis was loaned to B. F. Zeidman Productions Ltd. by Universal Pictures, and following her completion of this film studio head Carl Laemmle, Jr. allowed her option to drop. She was preparing to return to New York City when George Arliss offered her the ingenue role in The Man Who Played God.

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