Hell Is a City
10/04/1960
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.
Movie Information
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
Alister Williamson
as Sam
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)
