Duthie, the actual director was aaron norris, brother of the film s star, chuck norris. Hellbound will probably find favor mostly with a christian film audience when, if director kevin miller had cast a wider net, it might have had broader appeal. Hellbound train 1930 stream and watch online moviefone. Provided to youtube by bmg hellbound train rso radio free america. Hellbound train is the eighth album by the band savoy brown. The longforgotten husbandandwife amateur filmmaking team of eloyce and james gist were black evangelists whose hellbound train was a jeremiad against intemperance, jazz music, and abortion, set on a train filled with unrepentant sinners hurtling toward damnation. Rather than having a linear story, the film is instead a catalog of iniquity, a carbycar dramatization of the sins of the jazz age including gambling, dancing, alcohol, and the mistreatment of. Its the story of a perfect caper at least on paper and on film it is. Hellbound train im on its track too late now to turn my back conductor coming ticket in his hand come to claim my soul take me to his land hellbound train i been so. It was somewhat of a roadshow event as things would start off with a preacher and then wed get to this film, which would be shown while eloyce played piano for its music score. Hellbound train 1930 out of 4 james and eloyce gist were not only husband and wife but they were a traveling ministry who would turn black churches and show this picture. Hellbound train 1930 directed by james gist, eloyce. George thorogood hellbound train downbound train youtube. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the james gistdirected movie via subscription can be a.
With chuck norris, calvin levels, christopher neame, sheree j. A texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floorhaving drunk so much he could drink no moreso he fell asleep with a troubled brain. Released 1993, hellbound stars chuck norris, calvin levels, christopher neame, sheree j. This filmnoir piece, told in semidocumentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop. A stranger lyin on a barroom floor had drank so much, he could drink no more and so he fell asleep with a troubled brain to dream that he rode on a hellbound train the engine was bloody. This film is the work of selftaught filmmakers james and eloyce gist, africanamerican evangelists who employed cinema as a tool for their traveling ministry. I would my favorite noir film kansas city confidential to that list. A stranger lied on the barroom floor and drank so much he could drink no more and so he fell asleep with a troubled brain to dream that he rode on a hell bound train. Though the direction of hellbound is sometimes erroneously credited to editor michael j. A pair of mismatched chicago cops arrive in jerusalem to investigate a murder and stumble into a battle with an ancient demon trying to establish a new of reign of supernatural darkness. Hellbound train poem by anonymous americas poem hunter. Savoy brown hellbound train 1972, prcrichmond pressing. Wilson the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Looking to watch hellbound train on your tv or mobile device at home.
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