Hell's Heroes (film)

Hell's Heroes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Wyler
Written byTom Reed
C. Gardner Sullivan
Based onThe Three Godfathers
1913 novel
by Peter B. Kyne
Produced byCarl Laemmle, Jr.
StarringCharles Bickford
Raymond Hatton
Fred Kohler
CinematographyGeorge Robinson
Edited byHarry Marker
Music bySam Perry
Heinz Roemheld
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 12, 1929 (1929-12-12)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish sound film

Hell's Heroes is a 1929 American pre-Code Western sound film, one of many screen adaptations of Peter B. Kyne's 1913 novel The Three Godfathers.

Three outlaws, played by Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, and Fred Kohler, promise a dying woman they will save her newborn child. This film is notable for being the first sound production directed by William Wyler.