Hell's House (1932)

Directed by

Howard Higgin

Genre

drama film, film noir, prison film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young bootlegger gets sent to a harsh reform school. A reporter tries to expose the cruel conditions inside.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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