Hell in the City

Jan 29, 1959

1h 31m

★ 7.3

Overview

A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Francinex

Riama Film

Rizzoli Film

Hell in the City Trailers

Cast

Egle

Anna Magnani

Lina

Giulietta Masina

Vittorina

Myriam Bru

Marietta Mugnari

Cristina Gaïoni

Assunta

Anita Durante

Sister Giuseppina

Milly

Signora Luisa

Marcella Rovena

Ida Maroni

Miranda Campa

Maresciallo del carcere

Saro Urzì

Piero

Renato Salvatori

Antonio Zampi

Alberto Sordi

Detenuta cartomante

Marcella Valeri

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

6.5

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7.1

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3.0

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5.2

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7.4

Fury

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6.9

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5.5

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6.9

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1.0

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4.0

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4.4

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8.1

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7.5

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6.4

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7.5

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7.4

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6.6

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0.0

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3.8

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