The film featured an early hollywood appearance by australian actor rod taylor. Colors are bright and the image is sharp, although in early cinemascope the rear projection scenes can look grainy. Taylor soon landed roles in television shows such as studio 57 and the films hell on frisco bay 1955 and giant 1956. Hell on frisco bay is an english movie directed by frank tuttle released in the year 1955. Share hell on frisco bay bluray disc, 2017 hell on frisco bay bluray disc, 2017 2 product ratings. Following his release from prison, he returns to san francisco to track down the real killer, mob boss. Professionally, puttogether by tuttle, hell on frisco bay is about. Hell on frisco bay victor amato 1955 celebrity playhouse matthew considine 1955 illegal victor scott 1955.
Blending adult drama, detective story and noir, hell on frisco bay is a cinema stew thats heavy on the savor and the flavor, thanks to its colorful cinemascope and a topnotch supporting ensemble. Hell on frisco bay is a 1955 film starring alan ladd, edward g. A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the san francisco waterfront for the mob racketeers who are responsible title. Hell on frisco bay 1955 a san francisco police officer alan ladd gets out of prison and tracks down the racketeer edward g. Movie title from hell on frisco bay 1955, directed by frank tuttle, starring alan ladd, edward g.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for hell on frisco bay 1955 frank tuttle on allmovie. Robinson, delivering one of his most unforgettable mobsters, the utterly repulsive and remorseless vic amato. The film delivers the city in full color with lots of space and vibrancy and this doesnt help the tone of the film. Hell on frisco bay by frank tuttle alan ladd, edward g. Hes a former cop who was sent off to spend five years behind bars on a manslaughter charge that he wasnt responsible for. She went on to act in hell on frisco bay 1956 with alan ladd and the harder they fall 1956 with humphrey bogart. Hell on frisco bay 1955 frank tuttle cast and crew. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Hell on frisco bay movie posters from movie poster shop. His part was written especially by martin rackin, who worked with taylor on long john silver 1954. Hell on frisco bay it was time to get even or get killed. Hell on frisco bay 1955 cast and crew a san francisco police officer alan ladd gets out of prison and tracks down the racketeer edward g.
Carvers career beginnings included film roles in the crime picture a bullet for joey 1955 with edward g robinson and the edmond obrien crime flick a cry in the night 1956. Hell on frisco bay 1955 letterboxd your life in film. Hell on frisco bay, dvd, manufactured on demand, amaray case, mono sound, suspensefilm noir, 888574535773. In 1955, he gueststarred as clancy in the third episode the argonauts of the first hourlong western television series, cheyenne, an abc program starring clint walker. An almost complete list of both the psychotronic video guide.
Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united states, 1955. Buy hell on frisco bay dvd manufactured on demand, amaray case, mono sound at. He plays steve rollins, an embittered excop who is released from san quentin after five years and sets out on a mission of revenge against the men who framed him for manslaughter. Alan ladd stars as steve rollins, a former cop wrongly convicted on manslaughter charges. Overview for jayne mansfield turner classic movies. Having fulfilled her sixmonth contract with warner, mansfield next picked up an uncredited role in the alan ladd crime drama hell on frisco bay 1955.
Hell on frisco bay 1955 movie slideshow with excerpt. Although, the movie is largely a studio based film, there is some location shooting showing long lost san francisco vistas and the fishermans wharf area when it was still used for fishing rather than tourism. Hell on frisco bay is available on bluray and dvdmod from the warner archive collection. Rod, credited as rodney taylor, plays brody evans in his first film made in america.
Robinson, joanne dru, william demarest, paul stewart, perry lopez, fay wray, rod taylor, jayne mansfield. It was made for ladds own production company, jaguar. After 5 years in prison, excop steve rollins is paroled and searches for the san francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter. Hell on frisco bay is a film directed by frank tuttle with alan ladd, edward g. When hes released, he goes looking for the people who actually committed the crime and framed him for it. Alan ladd plays excop steve rollins, who serves five years on a manslaughter rap. The film is set in san francisco and opens with steve rollins alan ladd leaving san quentin prison and being met by his wife,marciajoanne dru and his cop friend danwilliam demarest. Joanne dru is grabbed by edward g robinson in a scene from the film hell on frisco bay, 1955. Robinson star in hell on frisco bay 1955, just released on dvd and bluray for the very first time by the warner archive. Hell on frisco bay is a 1955 american cinemascope warnercolor film noir crime film directed by frank tuttle, starring alan ladd, edward g. Joanne dru and edward g robinson in hell on frisco bay. Its saddled with an uninteresting domestic narrative as ladd has trouble forgiving his nightclub singer wife joanne dru who had an affair while he was incarcerated. Hell on frisco bay is a slambang return to the sort of gangster fare turned out by the yard at warner bros.
Taylor and edward andrews played gold seekers clancy and duncan, respectively, who are best friends. His quest finds him taking on the mob, in this 30sstyle gangster film. He plays steve rollins, an embittered excop who is released from san quentin after five years and sets out on a mission of revenge against the. Robinson, joanne dru, william demarest, paul stewart home 19201924. This movie directed by frank tuttle whom known as an famous movie director and have directed many interesting movies with great story telling. Hell on frisco bay 1955 the complete rod taylor site. Mcgivern, 1955s hell on frisco bay, directed by jack tuttle from a screenplay cowritten by sydney boehm and martin rackin, introduces us to steve rollins alan ladd. Hell on frisco bay 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is not to say that there is no craziness or frisson in the film. The warner archive collection bluray of hell on frisco bay is a handsomely restored edition of this vintage crime picture. The film is a production of ladds company jaguar, which had a distribution deal with warner bros. According to their recent podcast hard lessons this is the first time this film has been available either on dvd or bluray format. Alan ladd and william demarest in hell on frisco bay 1955 alan ladd and. Ladd, who also produced, plays steve rollins, an excop freed after five years in san quentin, framed for a crime he didnt commit.
Hell on frisco bay 1955 hell on frisco bay 1955 1 blu. Joanne dru on the phone in publicity portrait for the film hell on frisco bay, 1955. Hell on frisco bay 1955 the premise of hell on frisco bay has been done before, and often. Filmed in warnercolor and cinemascope, it is engineered to draw audiences away from their television sets, but. Robinson, joanne dru, william demarest, paul stewart. The film has been remastered from the original camera negative at 4k.
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the san francisco waterfront for the mob racketeers who are responsible. Hell on frisco bay 1955 16 12011955 us crime, drama, thriller 1h 38m user score. Hell on frisco bay 1955 frank tuttle, alan ladd, edward g. Hell on frisco bay is the story of a man obsessed with revenge. The united artists film marty won the academy award for best picture for 1955. Hell on frisco bay is one of best movie released on 17 july 1999 starring alan ladd, edward g. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. Robinson, joanne dru, william demarest, paul stewart, perry lopez, fay wray. Hell on frisco bay 1955 stars alan ladd, though robinsons impact is such that the true matter of top billing can become confused. In hell on frisco bay alan ladd who also produced this film plays an excop whos served five years on a manslaughter rap for which he was wrongly convicted. Hell on frisco bay bluray disc, 2017 for sale online ebay.
Hell on frisco bay 1955 frank tuttle, alan ladd, edward. Robinson, joanne dru, crime, drama, filmnoir, thriller july 22, 2017 when excop steve rollins is released from san quentin after five years, his only thoughts are of revenge on the men who framed him for manslaughter. Buy hell on frisco bay movie posters from movie poster shop. I said that alan ladds face sometimes looks a bit puffy, but this might be another unwanted result of early scope distortion called the cinemascope mumps. Hell on frisco bay 1955 screen archives entertainment. Robinson, joanne dru, william demarest and fay wray. Policeman steve rollins alan ladd got sent to prison five years ago for a murder he didnt commit. Upon his release, rollins dedicates himself to finding the real killer.