Hell's Half Acre

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Movie Info

An ex-racketeer's (Wendell Corey) abandoned wife (Evelyn Keyes) finds him in Honolulu, trying to beat a bum murder rap.

Genre:

drama, crime
Original Language:

English
Director:

John H. Auer
Writer:

Steve Fisher
Release Date (Streaming):

May 15, 2019
Runtime:

1h 31m

Cast & Crew

Wendell Corey
Chet Chester

Evelyn Keyes
Donna Williams

Elsa Lanchester
Lida O'Reilly

Marie Windsor
Rose

Nancy Gates
Sally Lee

Leonard Strong
Ippy

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Critic Reviews for Hell's Half Acre

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Charles Dickens is responsible for a lot of bad drama.

March 26, 2019 | Full Review…

Josephine O'Neill
Daily Telegraph (Australia)

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Audience Reviews for Hell's Half Acre

Mar 26, 2011

Where did this come from? Elsa Lanchester, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Marie Windsor, Jesse White -- a great cast. And actually filmed in 1950s Honolulu. I love seeing those images from so long ago now. The title's a little misleading, however. Yes, there was such a place in downtown Honolulu -- roughly what is now Chinatown. But very little of the substance of this story actually takes place there or portrays anything nearly as gritty as the real life people and activities that gave the area its infamous name. Kind of a sanitized half acre of hell. But I give them credit for actually going in to Chinatown and shooting the scenes they did. You'll recognize some of that whole Hotel Street milieu if you've ever seen the original <i>Hawaii Five-O</i> shows set in that area of town. Waikiki was already very different, though, by the time Jack Lord started cleaning up the streets. It's good to see it so 1950s underbuilt. What a difference a decade made.

Lanning : Super Reviewer
Nov 11, 2010

Good cast, mediocre film.

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