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Hell Is a City is a 1960 British crime thriller film starring Stanley Baker, based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Maurice Procter. Written and directed by Val Guest, it was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and filmed on location in Manchester. It was partly inspired by the British New Wave films and resembles ...
- £115,000
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A Manchester police inspector pursues an escaped criminal who returns to his hometown to collect a stolen loot. The film features Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence and other stars in a tense and atmospheric story of corruption and violence.
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- Crime, Thriller
- Val Guest
- 1960-11-13
22 de mai. de 2021 · Watch or download this 1960 film based on a novel by Maurice Procter, starring Stanley Baker and Billie Whitelaw. It was shot on location in Manchester and influenced by American Film Noir.
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A British police inspector (Stanley Baker) waits in Manchester for an escaped killer (John Crawford) to return for his loot.
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- Crime, Drama
- Val Guest
8 de out. de 2012 · Hell Is a City is one of the great British cult classics – a 1960 cop thriller, it starred Stanley Baker and Billie Whitelaw, and was directed by Val ‘Quatermass’ Guest.
Hell Is a City is a 1954 crime novel by the British writer Maurice Procter. It was the first in a series featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau, set in the Northern industrial city of Granchester. It takes the form of a police procedural, and marked a transition away from the traditional Golden Age detective novel.
Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl.
