Watch: Hell Is a City 1960 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: 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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Hammer noir
Hammer Films, best known for horror movies, stepped into film noir with Val Guest’s “Hell Is a City”. Stanley Baker plays a police inspector who suspects that an escaped criminal will head for Manchester to collect some loot. The dreary look of the city is as much a character as any of the actors. The post-war British film industry wasn’t generally known for these sorts of movies, but they did an excellent job here. The chase at the end of the movie is impressive but I thought that the most effective scene was the whole sequence where the criminal hides in the woman’s house.I’ve liked every film noir that I’ve seen, but HIAC has to be one of the best. Baker’s forceful performance as the hardened inspector is the epitome of acting. I recommend the movie.
The rest of the cast includes Donald Pleasance (Dr. Loomis in the “Halloween” franchise), Billie Whitelaw (the nanny in “The Omen”) and Joseph Tomelty (the father of Sting’s ex-wife).
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 28 min (88 min) (Germany), 1 hr 33 min (93 min) (USA), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (original) (UK)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Crime, Thriller
Director Val Guest
Writer Val Guest, Maurice Procter
Actors Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence
Country United Kingdom
Awards Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2 nominations total
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Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
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Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Hammerscope
Printed Film Format 35 mm