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Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels

All roads lead to hell.

20117.65 Seasons57 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by John Wirth
NetworksAMC

Top Cast

Anson Mount

Anson Mount

Cullen Bohannan

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Thomas 'Doc' Durant

Robin McLeavy

Robin McLeavy

Eva

Christopher Heyerdahl

Christopher Heyerdahl

The Swede

Phil Burke

Phil Burke

Mickey McGinnes

Tim Guinee

Tim Guinee

Collis Huntington

Angela Zhou

Angela Zhou

Mei

Byron Mann

Byron Mann

Chang

Themes & Keywords

gunslingerfrontiertrainperiod dramahistoricalrailroadwild westhistorical drama19th centuryreconstruction erarevisionist western1860samerican history

About Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels is a action & adventure, drama, western series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of gunslinger, frontier, train, period drama, historical, railroad. Created by John Wirth, it stars Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy. 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.

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