TV series
Hell on Wheels
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2011-11-06
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 57 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
- Network
- AMC
- Production
- Endemol USA, Entertainment One, Nomadic Pictures, Wirthwhile TV
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannan
- Colm Meaney as Thomas 'Doc' Durant
- Robin McLeavy as Eva
- Christopher Heyerdahl as The Swede
- Phil Burke as Mickey McGinnes
- Common as Elam Ferguson
- Dohn Norwood as Psalms
- Kasha Kropinski as Ruth Cole
- Ben Esler as Sean McGinnes
- Jennifer Ferrin as Louise Ellison
- Dominique McElligott as Lily Bell
- Tom Noonan as Reverend Cole
Creators and crew
- Tony Gayton - Creator
- Joe Gayton - Creator
- John Wirth - Executive Producer
- John Shiban - Producer
- David Von Ancken - Director
- Adam Davidson - Director
Seasons
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