Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

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


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2003-06-27
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Livin' Man Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Bret Wood
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Summary

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.

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  • John P. Butler

    as Himself
  • Earle Deems

    as Himself
  • John R. Domer

    as Himself
  • David Krug

    as Himself
  • Eric Krug

    as Himself
  • Rick Prelinger

    as Himself
  • Mike Vraney

    as Himself
  • James Waller

    as Himself
  • Bret Wood

    as Himself
  • Martin Yant

    as Himself
  • Helena Reckitt

    as Narrator
  • Richard Anderson

    as Husband (archive footage)
  • Sonny Bono

    as Himself (archive footage)
  • Hans Conried

    as (archive footage)
  • Ronald Reagan

    as Himself (archive footage)
  • Robert F. Simon

    as Rellik (archive footage)
  • James Stewart

    as Narrator (archive footage)
  • Dick York

    as Nick (archive footage)
Directing Bret Wood Director
Writing Bret Wood Writer
Production Felicia Feaster Producer
Production Tommy Gibbons Producer
Production Bret Wood Producer
Camera Steve Anderson Director of Photography

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