Hell on Wheels (2011)
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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.
- Released: 2011-11-06
- Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
- Seasons: 5, 57 episodes
- Network: AMC
- Status: Ended
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 485 votes
Created by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton.
Top 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
- Tim Guinee as Collis Huntington
- Angela Zhou as Mei
- Byron Mann as Chang
Where to watch Hell on Wheels
- United States: stream on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Spectrum On Demand, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel, Xumo Play, Amazon MX Player; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; watch free on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV; buy on Apple TV Store
- India: stream on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; watch free on Amazon Prime Video
- Canada: stream on Crave, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; watch free on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV; buy on Apple TV Store
- Australia: stream on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; watch free on Amazon Prime Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV
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