Hell on Wheels

About Hell on Wheels

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.

AMC's Hell on Wheels is an action-adventure and western series. The series is filed under violence, wild west, american history, and train.

Its 5 seasons and 57 episodes were broadcast from November 2011 to July 2016. Seasons run to about 11 episodes.

Anson Mount stars as Cullen Bohannan, Colm Meaney as Thomas 'Doc' Durant, Robin McLeavy as Eva, and Christopher Heyerdahl as The Swede. It was produced by Endemol USA, Entertainment One, and Nomadic Pictures.

American members can watch it on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel. 1883, Deadwood, and Peaky Blinders make useful companions to Hell on Wheels, all filed under 19th century, civil war veteran, and frontier. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 487 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.