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Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)

June 27, 2003 (US) Documentary • 91m

Overview

This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation under direction of Richard Wayman. In the name of promoting safe driving in teenagers, these films became notorious for their gory depiction of accidents to shock their audiences to make their point. The film also covers the role of safety films of this era, their effect on North American teenage culture, the struggle between idealism and lurid exploitation and how they reflected the larger society concerns of the time that adults projected onto their youth.

Director

Bret Wood

Writer

Bret Wood

Top Billed

John P. Butler

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Top Billed Cast

Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)

Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono

Self (archive footage)

Hans Conried
Hans Conried

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Simon
Robert F. Simon

Rellik (archive footage)

James Stewart
James Stewart

Narrator (archive footage)

Dick York
Dick York

Nick (archive footage)

Crew


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Released

Original Language

EN

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