“Hell Is a City is one of the great British cult classics ... But what adds to its enduring appeal is that it was largely shot on location in Manchester, thus making for an amazing record of the city as it existed a half-century ago.”
Stanley Baker stars as world-weary Police Inspector Martineau, who rightly guesses that a recently escaped convict will head home to Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job. Martineau is soon investigating a murder during a street robbery which seems to lead back to the same villain... With a cast that includes a young Billie Whitelaw, Donald Pleasance and Warren Mitchell, Hell is a City is a thoroughly enjoyable stab at Brit noir.
