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Hell Is a City is a 1960 British crime thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Maurice Procter.[1] Written and directed by Val Guest, it was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and filmed in Manchester.[2] It was partly inspired by the British New Wave films and resembles American Film Noir.[3]

Hell Is a City
Directed byVal Guest
Screenplay byVal Guest
Based onHell Is a City
by Maurice Procter
Produced byMichael Carreras
StarringStanley Baker
John Crawford
Donald Pleasence
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byJohn Dunsford
James Needs
Music byStanley Black
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Associated British Picture Corporation
Hammer Films
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors
Release dates
  • 10 April 1960 (1960-04-10) (Manchester-Premiere)
  • 1 May 1960 (1960-05-01) (UK)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£115,000

Plot


Committed but seen-it-all police inspector Martineau rightly guesses that after a violent jailbreak a local criminal will head home to Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job. Martineau is soon investigating a murder during a street robbery which seems to lead back to the same villain. Concentrating on the case and using his local contacts to try to track the gang down, he is aware he is not keeping his own personal life together as well as he might.


Cast



References


  1. "Hell Is a City (1960) - Screenplay Info". TCM.com. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. "Hell Is a City | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. Burton, Alan; Chibnall, Steve (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema - Alan Burton, Steve Chibnall - Google Books. ISBN 9780810880269. Retrieved 13 April 2014.






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