Howard Hughes’s 1930 aviation epic Hell’s Angels arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration of the Magnascope road-show version with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack. The film follows two British brothers in the Royal Flying Corps and features Jean Harlow’s breakthrough performance alongside some of the era’s most thrilling dogfights.
Film Info
Country: United States
Year: 1930
Runtime: 131 minutes
Black and White/Color | 1.37:1, 1.54:1 | English
Spine: #1288
Special Features
4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- New 4K digital restoration of the Magnascope road-show version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interview with Robert Legato on the film’s groundbreaking aerial visuals
- New interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme about Jean Harlow
- Outtakes with commentary by Harlow biographer David Stenn
- English SDH subtitles
- Plus: an essay by author and journalist Fred Kaplan
- New cover by Sam Hadley
Release Date
The Criterion edition of Hell’s Angels releases on November 18, 2025 and can be pre-ordered here.
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