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Hell on Wheels

All roads lead to hell.

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

20115 seasonsTV-14Action & Adventure, Drama, Western

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About Hell on Wheels

Creators
Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton
Cast
Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy, Christopher Heyerdahl, Phil Burke, Tim Guinee
Genres
Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
Content rating
TV-14
Original language
English
Production countries
Canada, United States of America
Status
Ended

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