
Hell Is a City
A gritty, black-and-white police hunt through rain-slick northern streets, tense and dogged, with a weary inspector at its centre.
- Directed by
- Val Guest
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Starring
- Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence
- Tagline
- Murder money stained his hands....
- Overview
- 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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- Directed by
- Val Guest
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Starring
- Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence












