Hell Is a City
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| Directed by | Val Guest |
| Produced by | Michael Carreras |
| Screenplay by | Val Guest |
| Based on |
Hell Is a City by Maurice Procter |
| Starring |
Stanley Baker John Crawford |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
| Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
| Edited by | John Dunsford James Needs |
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| Distributed by |
Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK) Columbia Pictures (USA) |
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Release date
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10 April 1960 13 November 1960 |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £115,000 |
Hell Is a City is a 1960 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.
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 to track the gang down, he is aware he is not keeping his own personal life together as well as he might.
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