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]
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Directed by | Val Guest |
Screenplay by | Val Guest |
Based on | Hell Is a City by Maurice Procter |
Produced by | Michael Carreras |
Starring | Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence |
Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
Edited by | John Dunsford James Needs |
Music by | Stanley Black |
Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Associated British Picture Corporation Hammer Films |
Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £115,000 |
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.
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