Hell Is a City (1960)
- Starring:
- Stanley Baker, John Crawford, (more)
- Director(s):
- Val Guest
- Category:
- Mystery & Suspense
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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 town of Manchester and its outlying moors provide a somber backdrop to the action. Inspector Martineau (Steve 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, brutal murder of a woman and the missing money she was carrying, tips the Inspector off that his suspicions were right. He starts tracking down the killer and the gang of men he knows must be working with him, as suspense builds at every turn. The gang falls one by one, until only the killer is left. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast:
- Stanley Baker - Inspector Martineau
- Donald Pleasence - Gus Hawkins
- Billie Whitelaw - Chloe Hawkins
- George A. Cooper - Doug Savage
- Vanda Godsell - Lucky Lusk
- Joby Blanshard - Tawny Jakes
- Peter Madden - Bert Darwin
- Lois Daine - Cecily
- Sarah Branch - Silver Steele
- Russell Napier - Superintendent
- John Crawford - Don Starling
- Maxine Audley - Julia Martineau
- Joseph Tomelty - Furnisher Steele
- Geoffrey Frederick - Devery
- Charles Houston - Clogger Roach
- Charles Morgan - Laurie Lovett
- Dickie Owen - Bragg
- Warren Mitchell - Traveller
- Alister Williamson - Sam
- Director(s):
- Val Guest
- Writer(s):
- Val Guest
- Producer(s):
- Michael Carreras
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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