PRIVATE HELL 36

Details

• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: Ida Lupino co-wrote and stars in this classic film noir about a desperate cop (Steve Cochran) straying off the straight-and-narrow, falling for a world-weary lounge singer (Lupino), and betraying his honest partner (Howard Duff). Directed with grim, artful efficiency by Don Siegel (Charley Varrick), Private Hell 36 is a thriller that revels In the claustrophobic tawdriness of its characters and is much smarter and potent than its gears-turning plot first reveals. The stellar cast includes Dean Jagger as the detectives' Captain and Dorothy Malone as Duff's understandably worried wife. ;
• Cast: Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger, Dorothy Malone, Bridget Duff, Jerry Hausner, Dabbs Greer, Chris O'Brien, Kenneth Patterson, George Dockstader, Jimmy Hawkins, James Anderson, William Boyett, Chester Conklin, Richard Deacon, King Donovan, Don Siegel, Collier Young
• Director: Don Siegel
• Runtime: 1:21
• Company: Paramount
• Media Format: movie