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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 limits of suffering when he is sent to a juvenile detention haIl. Jimmy is sentenced to a term of hard Iabor after taking the rap for a bootIegger. Greeted at the reformatory gates by the howls of punished boys and the frail bodies of teenage Iaborers, he soon Iearns 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 juvenile hall and free his dying friend.
Hell's House, one of the first dramas to portray the reaI-life horrors of prison life, is upIifted by strong performances from Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien. Davis, at the height of her talent, was loaned from UniversaI specificalIy for this fiIm. |
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