Hell-Bent for Heaven

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Hell-Bent for Heaven
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Advertisement using the play's title
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Screenplay by Marian Constance Blackton
Based on Hell-Bent Fer Heaven
by Hatcher Hughes
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
Starring Patsy Ruth Miller
John Harron
Gayne Whitman
Gardner James
Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 1, 1926 (1926-05-01)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Hell-Bent for Heaven is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and written by Marian Constance Blackton. It is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Hell-Bent Fer Heaven by Hatcher Hughes. The film stars Patsy Ruth Miller, John Harron, Gayne Whitman, Gardner James, Wilfrid North, and Evelyn Selbie. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 1, 1926. [1] [2] [3]

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