Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
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
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John P. Butler as Self |
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Earle Deems as Self |
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John R. Domer as Self |
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David Krug as Self |
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Eric Krug as Self |
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Rick Prelinger as Self |
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Mike Vraney as Self |
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James Waller as Self |
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Bret Wood as Self |
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Martin Yant as Self |
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Helena Reckitt as Narrator |
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Richard Anderson as Husband (archive footage) |
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Sonny Bono as Self (archive footage) |
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Hans Conried as Self (archive footage) |
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Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert F. Simon as Rellik (archive footage) |
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James Stewart as Narrator (archive footage) |
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Dick York as Nick (archive footage) |
| Writing | Bret Wood | Writer |
| Directing | Bret Wood | Director |
| Production | Tommy Gibbons | Producer |
| Production | Felicia Feaster | Producer |
| Production | Bret Wood | Producer |
| Camera | Steve Anderson | Director of Photography |
