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Hell Is a City

Murder money stained his hands....

6.6(35)19601h 38m2

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. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • robbery
  • northern england
  • based on novel or book
  • police
  • film noir
  • murder
  • fugitive
  • black and white
  • police inspector
  • hammerscope

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Behind the camera

Director

Val Guest

Writers

Val Guest

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR13 Nov 1960
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG10 Apr 1960
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical165 Jul 1960

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Hell Is a City was released on 10 April 1960.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    6/30/2014

    9/10

    I don't play cards. I don't even touch coins. 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 Arthur Grant. When …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/17/2025

    7/10

    For a second I thought that Joan Crawford was in this, then I realised that it was her long-lost cousin John who takes on the role of visiting American box-office draw for this gritty and quite well thought-out crime drama. You see, “Starling” has broken out of a prison in Manchester and local police inspector “Martineau” (Stanley Baker) is convinced that he will return to his old stomping grounds to settle old score…

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