Hell Is a City
Hell Is a City
Release: 1960-04-10
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.5
Thriller
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Hammer Film Productions
Cast
Stanley Baker
as Insp. Harry Martineau
John Crawford
as Don Starling
Donald Pleasence
as Gus Hawkins
Maxine Audley
as Julia Martineau
Billie Whitelaw
as Chloe Hawkins
Joseph Tomelty
as Furnisher Steele
George A. Cooper
as Doug Savage
Vanda Godsell
as Lucretia Luske
Alister Williamson
as Sam
Lois Daine
as Cecily Wainwright
John Harvey
as Fingerprint Officer
Peter Madden
as Bert Darwin
Warren Mitchell
as Commercial Traveller
Sarah Branch
as Silver Steele
Russell Napier
as Superintendent
Philip Bond
as Headquarters PC (uncredited)
John Comer
as Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
as (uncredited)
