''Hellgate'' is a 1952 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Charles Marquis Warren Charles Marquis Warren (December 16, 1912 – August 11, 1990) was an American motion picture and television writer, producer, and director who specialized in Westerns. Among his notable career achievements were his involvement in creating the ...

and starring

Sterling Hayden Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor and decorated Marine Corps officer and an Office of Strategic Services' agent during World War II. A leading man for mos ...

. It was the second of three films Warren made for

Robert L. Lippert Robert Lenard Lippert (March 31, 1909 – November 16, 1976) was an American film producer and cinema chain owner. He was president and chief operating officer of Lippert Theatres, Affiliated Theatres and Transcontinental Theatres, all based in ...

as a writer/director.

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Hellgate Prison is an aptly named facility in the

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where the worst criminals are sent. Hanley, a

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and former

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soldier, is falsely accused and convicted of a crime. He is sentenced to this hellish place. He immediately gets on the wrong side of Voorhees, a vicious guard, and Redfield, a mean convict. Hanley will need to fight his way out, particularly when the prisoners are afflicted with an epidemic of a spreading

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Cast

as Gilman S. Hanley *

Joan Leslie Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress and vaudevillian, who during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in such films as '' High Sierra'' (1941), ''Sergeant York'' (1941) ...

as Ellen Hanley *

Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Be ...

as Lt. Tod Voorhees * James Arness as George Redfield * Peter Coe as Jumper Hall * John Pickard as Gundy Boyd * Robert Wilke as Sgt. Maj. Kearn * Kyle James as Vern Brechene *

Richard Emory Richard Emory (1919–1994) was an American actor born in Santa Barbara, California. After serving in the military as a ''Marine'' in '' World War II'', he started a career as an Actor. He achieved recognition in movies of the 1950s and 1960s ...

as Dan Mott

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* 1952 films 1952 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American prison films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Marquis Warren Films scored by Paul Dunlap Lippert Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub

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