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Hell Is a City (1960)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. ... See full summary » Director:Val Guest |
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Title: Hell Is a City (1960)
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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
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Inspector Harry Martineau
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John Crawford | ... |
Don Starling
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Gus Hawkins
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Julia Martineau
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Chloe Hawkins
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Furnisher Steele
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Doug Savage
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Devery
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Lucky Lusk
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Clogger Roach
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Tawny Jakes
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Laurie Lovett
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Bert Darwin
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Bragg
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Cecily Wainwright
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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 and track the gang down, he is aware he is not keeping his own personal life together as well as he might. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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13 November 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hetzjagd See more »Filming Locations:
Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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This is a wonderful example of how worldly some british films can seem, while maintaining their local flavor. I believe that this film is very appropriately set in Manchester, anyone having been to Manchester will tell you its quite a tough place.
50s British entertainment was heavily influenced by Hollywood and continued to be influenced especially on TV until the late 70s, when things all started to get a bit colorless. This movie was made in a time when entertainment came first and the needs of the audience and hence a box office return, came before the politically correct requirements of the day. Having said that I have to say I'm VERY glad that you don't see many characters quite as sorry as Martineau's repressed housebound wife these days!
For those who are not familiar with director Val Guest - check out his other movies. He was a director who knew exactly what he was doing.