Hell Bound
Cast & Crew
Walter Lang
Leo Carrillo
Lloyd Hughes
Ralph Ince
Lola Lane
Helene Chadwick
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Synopsis
Gangster Nick Cotrelli sends his men to fetch hired killer Aggie Lewis at the train station. Because no one knows what Aggie looks like, they pick up a woman they believe has been gunned down by a passing car. When they see that she is still alive, they drive her to Nick's place, where she is cared for by Dr. Robert N. Sanford. He quickly realizes that she hasn't been shot, but has collapsed from a bad case of pneumonia. When he discovers that his men picked up the wrong woman, Nick tries to throw her out, but Robert stops him. Soon Nick is smitten with beautiful, sweet Shirley Reed. She is touched by Nick's generosity, even more so when he gets her a job singing in his club. Meanwhile, the rival gangsters are plotting to kill Nick, but first they decide to shoot Shirley during her debut. Fortunately, Robert sees the gunman take aim and knocks him down. In revenge, Nick leaves his office by a secret passage and shoots Dorgan, the head of the gang. His alibi seems perfect until Shirley innocently reveals that he had been away from his office during the time of the shooting. Upset by her unintentional mistake, Shirley willingly agrees to marry Nick, even though she loves Robert, because as his wife she will not be able to testify against him. To keep her safe, Nick asks Robert to take Shirley to the country during the trial. When Nick visits them there, he gets a message that Dorgan's gang is waiting for him. After eliciting a vow that the gang will not harm Shirley if he lets them kill him, Nick says a loving goodbye to her and goes to meet his fate.
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Leo Carrillo
Lloyd Hughes
Ralph Ince
Lola Lane
Helene Chadwick
Richard Tucker
Gertrude Astor
Frank Hagney
Harry Strang
Luke Cosgrove
Murdock Macquarrie
William E Lawrence
Marty Faust
Jack Grey
William O'brien
Crew
Russell Colombo
Adele Comandini
A. D'agastino
Maude Fulton
Julian Josephson
Frederick Lau
R. E. Loewinger
Bernard Mceveety
Charles Schoenbaum
W. C. Smith
Edward Dean Sullivan
Samuel Zierler
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Notes
Author Edward Dean Sullivan was a Chicago reporter credited with knowledge of rackets and racketeers. The film's pre-release title was Platinum. In June 1934, the film was submitted to the New York Censor Board under the title The Law and the Killer. Credits on the viewed print read "Screen Attractions Corp. presents." No record of this company was found before 1934 and this possibly represents a re-release.
