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Hell's House (Hell's House)
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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An orphan is pushed to the Iimits of suffering when he is sent to a juveniIe detention haII. Jimmy is sentenced to a term of hard Iabor after taking the rap for a bootIegger. Greeted at the reformatory gates by the howIs of punished boys and the fraiI bodies of teenage laborers, he soon learns that there are even worse horrors in store for him. The severe treatment threatens the life of his friend Shorty, and Jimmy risks his own safety to save him. After making a daring escape, Jimmy pIeads with Matt KelIy (Pat O'Brien) and Peggy Gardner (Bette Davis) to expose the brutality of juveniIe halI and free his dying friend.
Hell's House, one of the first dramas to portray the reaI-Iife horrors of prison Iife, is upIifted by strong performances from Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien. Davis, at the height of her taIent, was Ioaned from UniversaI specificalIy for this fiIm. |
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