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Hell Is a City, Movie, 1960

Pictures provided by: Uri, Sunbar

Also known as:

Hetzjagd (Germany)
Helvede er en by (Denmark)
Kaupungin kirous (Finland)
Un homme pour le bagne (France)
Aifnidiasmos sto vasileio tou ypokosmou (Greece)
L'assassino è alla porta (Italy)
Cehennem yolu (Türkiye)
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1957 Austin FX3 Provincial Taxi

1959 Ford Consul Estate MkII

1958 Ford Zephyr MkII

1958 Leyland Titan PD2

1948 Leyland Titan PD2/3

1938 McLaughlin-Buick Special

1957 Morris Oxford Series III

1949 Nuffield Oxford Taxi

1954 Oldsmobile Super 88

1951 Thames 10cwt Van

Triumph Speed Twin

1958 Triumph TR3A

1957 Wolseley 6/90 Series III

1957 Wolseley 6/90 Series III

1958 Wolseley 6/90 Series III

1958 Wolseley 6/90 Series III

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antp ◊ 2007-11-11 00:33	Pictures and comment from Uri: Uri wrote The film was made in Manchester in 1959. Released in 1960. UUV 133 appears in both the opening and closing credits of this film riding along with the Stanley Black's jazzy theme for the film. Filmed in black and white in Hammerscope. The cars in the film are all genuine police cars. OBU 337 and PBU 820 were both Wolseley 6/90 mark 3s operated by the Oldham Borough Police. They appear in the hilly streets on 'Oldham Edge', the moor scenes which were just north of Oldham town centre. UVR 612 another 6/90 mark 3 owned and operated by the Manchester City Police, was actually grey in colour and was one of two or three plain cars used by CID, but driven by a traffic officer, in fact, in the film all the cars were driven by police officers from Manchester and Oldham. The car was stabled at the central police garage at St Joseph's Police Buildings, Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester.(recently demolished). You would not believe the difficulty in getting permission for an actor to drive a police car, but permission was given for Stanley Baker to drive 612 for very short distances only! The police yard is actually the yard inside Police Headquarters, South Street, Manchester, about 150 yards from Manchester Town Hall. The car is shown entering the yard through Bootle Street entrance. The building is still a police station, no longer HQ though. On maps today South Street is called Southmill St.. WVU 42 is an actual police car Ford Zephyr Mark 2 series 2 owned and operated by Manchester City Police. WVM 214 has special historical significance for Manchester City Police, being the first police car to be equipped with a roof beacon, but the remainder of the traffic fleet followed quite quickly. In one rooftop shot from the film, parked on the street a black police car Riley 1.5 can be seen. -- Last edit: 2007-11-11 15:17:45
george ◊ 2008-04-28 17:40	Hi, I am suprised that the Buick Sedan used by the villains is not featured on this page. It was very unusual to see old American cars in British films! I have a website which features many locations fron this film. The website can be accessed at:- http://www.levyboy.com I am also curious as to where ANTP obtained all his information about the Manchester Police vehicles!
stronghold ◊ 2008-04-28 17:56	As stated by antp the pictures and comments (information) were provided by Uri (from the USA). We don't know where he got the info from.! Note:- If you click pictures provided on Uri's name (/profile.php?id=Uri) you can see he has contributed quite a few British movies to this site. So it seems he's quite knowledgable on them. -- Last edit: 2008-04-28 18:00:02
chicomarx ◊ 2011-01-04 19:50	stronghold wrote As stated by antp the pictures and comments (information) were provided by Uri (from the USA). We don't know where he got the info from.! This page has a tremendous amount of information: http://www.levyboy.com/hell_is_a_city.htm with a comparison of the Manchester filming locations 1959 - 2007. Car IDs are all copied from here, I've no idea what Uri's source is. I'll complete the film soon. -- Last edit: 2011-01-04 21:19:29
Sunbar ◊ 2012-01-25 18:54	Other background vehicles including Austin police car, Austin Cambridge taxi, AA m/cycle and sidecar, Renault Dauphine, Humber and rear of a milk float... Movie completed, times added and pictures upgraded from Uri's originals.
Gamer ◊ 2016-05-03 13:44	True, and it's located on the Cayman Islands! (responding to the movie title)
dsl ◊ 2024-06-16 23:50	Comment in an email blog by Martin Buckley ("Senior contributor, Classic & Sports Car") reminiscing about his early days in Manchester - no he doesn't send me personal emails, but I get them every so often as a C&SC subscriber perk "There is a strong tradition of American cars in Manchester where in the 1950s and 60s, they were left behind by returning American servicemen posted at local airbases. Few locals could afford to run them (Thunderbirds on car lots for £50 were not uncommon at on stage, so I am told) and they ended up either banger-raced or scrapped: I remember seeing a complete mid-50s Cadillac convertible in a breaker’s yard in the early 80s. You can see the evidence of the period on celluloid. In the Stanley Baker film Hell is a City, set in Manchester, the hoodlums use an early post-war Studebaker as a getaway car because even a £25 wreck like that was still quicker than 90% of the other machinery on British roads in the late ’50s. In fact, it could well have been one of the English-assembled pre-war models." I guess he's getting muxed ip with the 1938 McLaughlin-Buick Special??

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