Hell Is a City (1960)

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Release Date: Apr 10, 1960 Wide

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With an award-winning screenplay by director Val Guest, this is a first-rate cops-and-robbers crime drama about a dangerous escaped convict and the police inspector who goes after him. The gritty industrial city of Manchester and its outlying moors provide a somber backdrop to the action. Inspector Martineau (Stanley Baker) suspects that the escaped thief, Don Starling (John Crawford) is going to return to Manchester to retrieve a cache of jewels he hid away before being convicted. The sudden,

Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Val Guest

In Theaters: Apr 10, 1960 Wide

On DVD: Mar 29, 2005

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Stanley Baker
Inspector Martineau
John Crawford
Don Starling
Donald Pleasence
Gus Hawkins
Maxine Audley
Julia Martineau
Billie Whitelaw
Chloe Hawkins
Joseph Tomelty
Furnisher Steele
George A. Cooper
Doug Savage
Geoffrey Frederick
Devery
Vanda Godsell
Lucky Lusk
Charles Houston
Clogger Roach
Joby Blanshard
Tawny Jakes
Charles Morgan
Laurie Lovett
Peter Madden
Bert Darwin
Dickie Owen
Bragg
Lois Daine
Cecily
Warren Mitchell
Traveller
Sarah Branch
Silver Steele
Alister Williamson
Sam
Russell Napier
Superintendent

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harkens back to the pulp serials where noir was birthed

August 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Chris Cabin

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It's a gritty Hammer story.

February 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Solid British noir that I may be underrating slightly due to the fact that it displays a workmanlike efficiency and adherence to logical progression without standing out in any area as memorable for a particular scene or piece of dialogue. Without these memorable moments that films like White Heat and Kiss Me Deadly

October 28, 2010