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22 mag 2021 · Hell Is a City is a 1960 British crime thriller film based on the novel by Maurice Procter. Written and directed by Val Guest, it was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and filmed in Manchester. It was partly inspired by the British New Wave films and resembles American Film Noir. Hell Is a City is one of the great British cult ...
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The titular city which is hell turns out to be Manchester – so, nothing has changed in 60 years then, hohoho – with its mean streets being patrolled by Det. Inspector Harry Martineau (Baker). He’s a career copper, whose devotion to his job is putting Martineau’s marriage under increasing strain. Matters aren’t helped by the escape ...
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. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in.
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Out of Hammer Films, Hell is a City is directed by Val Guest, who also adapts the screenplay from Maurice Proctor's novel of the same name. It stars Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Billie Whitelaw, Maxine Audley, Donald Pleasence, Vanda Godsell, Joseph Tomelty and George A. Cooper. Music is by Stanley Black and cinematography in HammerScope is by ...
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For lovers of detective techniques, Hell Is A City is a finger-snapper. Full Review | Jan 16, 2024. MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin. Little detection is needed with a gang so improbably stupid ...
In Val Guest’s Hell is a City, Stanley Baker, whose star power was blasting off at the time, plays Harry Martineau, a police inspector in Manchester, England, who’s determined to track down prison escapee Don Starling (John Crawford) whom Martineau had thrown in jail for jewelry theft a few years earlier.
