Hell Is a City

Hell Is a City

98 mins | Crime, Thriller | April 10, 1960

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.

Hell Is a City

98 mins | Crime, Thriller | April 10, 1960

Hell Is a City
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Hammer Film Productions
Original title Hell Is a City
Directors Val Guest
Writers Maurice Procter, Val Guest

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

Dickie Owen

as Bragg

Lois Daine

as Cecily Wainwright

John Harvey

as Fingerprint Officer

Geoffrey Frederick

as Det. Devery

Charles Houston

as Clogger Roach

Joby Blanshard

as Tawny Jakes

Charles Morgan

as Laurie Lovett

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)

Richard Coleman

as Detective in Station (uncredited)

John Comer

as Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited)

Doris Speed

as Older Sister in Hospital (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

as (uncredited)

Reg Thomason

as Barman (uncredited)