HELL IS A CITY (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1959
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Police Inspector Harry Martineau (Stanley Baker) has a strong hunch that escaped American thug Don Starling (John Crawford) has returned to the city of Manchester for one last heist. But when a simple robbery leads to murder, Martineau becomes obsessed with pursuing Starling and his gang through a deadly underworld of dives, dames and desperate men. From the streets and alleys to the moors and rooftops, this is no ordinary manhunt. For cop and killer alike, justice is a bullet ...and HELL IS A CITY.; ; Written and directed by Val Guest (THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT, THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE), HELL IS A CITY was acclaimed worldwide for its startling realism, shocking violence and gritty Manchester locations. Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) and Billie Whitelaw (THE OMEN) co-star in this breakthrough crime thriller that was nominated for two British Academy Awards® including Best Screenplay.
• Cast: Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw, Joseph Tomelty, George A. Cooper, Geoffrey Frederick, Vanda Godsell, Charles Houston, Joby Blanshard, Charles Morgan, Peter Madden, Dickie Owen, Lois Daine, Warren Mitchell, Sarah Branch, Alister Williamson, Russell Napier, Philip Bond, John Comer, John Harvey, Doris Speed, Val Guest, Maurice Procter
• Director: Val Guest
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Hammer Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Studio Canal
• Media Format: Movie