Hell's Half Acre

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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

Jesse White
Tubby Otis

Keye Luke
Police Chief Dan

Philip Ahn
Roger Kong

Robert Shield
Frank

Robert Costa
"Slim" Novak

Clair Widenaar
Jamison

John H. Auer
Director

Steve Fisher
Screenwriter

John H. Auer
Associate Producer

R. Dale Butts
Original Music

John L. Russell
Cinematographer

Fred Allen
Film Editing

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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.
  Super Reviewer
• Nov 11, 2010

  Good cast, mediocre film.
  jay n Super Reviewer