Search - Hell is a City on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1960 DVD Release: 12/03/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Police Detective Film

With an award-winning screenplay by director Val Guest, this is a first-rate cops-and-robbers crime drama about a dangerous escaped convict and the police inspector who goes after him. The gritty industrial town of Manchester and its outlying moors provide a somber backdrop to the action. Inspector Martineau (Steve Baker) suspects that the escaped thief, Don Starling (John Crawford) is going to return to Manchester to retrieve a cache of jewels he hid away before being convicted. The sudden, brutal murder of a woman and the missing money she was carrying, tips the Inspector off that his suspicions were right. He starts tracking down the killer and the gang of men he knows must be working with him, as suspense builds at every turn. The gang falls one by one, until only the killer is left. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Stanley Baker - Inspector Martineau
John Crawford - Don Starling
Donald Pleasence - Gus Hawkins
Maxine Audley - Julia Martineau
Billie Whitelaw - Chloe Hawkins

Val Guest's crime drama Hell Is a City comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Guest and journalist Ted Newsom, the theatrical trailer, an alternate ending, and biographies of the actors in the film. This is a fine release from Anchor Bay that should help this old film find a wider audience. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide