Hell Is a City (1960)

Movie Details

Original Title Hell Is a City

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.7

Cast

Stanley Baker

Insp. Harry Martineau

Popularity: 1.2

John Crawford

Don Starling

Popularity: 14.2

Donald Pleasence

Gus Hawkins

Popularity: 13.2

Maxine Audley

Julia Martineau

Popularity: 13.1

Billie Whitelaw

Chloe Hawkins

Popularity: 1.5

Joseph Tomelty

Furnisher Steele

Popularity: 1.2

George A. Cooper

Doug Savage

Popularity: 1.8

Vanda Godsell

Lucretia Luske

Popularity: 0.2

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Dickie Owen

Bragg

Popularity: 0.2

Alister Williamson

Sam

Popularity: 0.7

Lois Daine

Cecily Wainwright

Popularity: 0.6

John Harvey

Fingerprint Officer

Popularity: 6.7

Key Crew

Director Val Guest

Producer Michael Carreras

Editor James Needs

Screenplay Val Guest

Production

Hammer Film Productions

Videos & Trailers

Hell Is A City / Original Theatrical Trailer (1959)

Trailer

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Keywords

robbery northern england based on novel or book police film noir murder fugitive police inspector

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Jun 30, 2014

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jul 17, 2025

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 p ... Read more