Chase (1960)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Chase |
| Original title | Hell is a city |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Val Guest |
| script | Val Guest |
| production | Michael Carreras |
| music | Stanley Black |
| camera | Arthur Grant |
| cut |
John Dunsford , James Needs (Editing Supervisor) |
| occupation | |
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Hetzjagd is a semi-documentary series noir style, British crime film from 1960 from the Hammer Films production . Directed by Val Guest , Stanley Baker plays a die-hard provincial police officer who chases after a felon who has broken out.
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Don Starling and Harry Martineau have something in common: They both grew up in the filthy and poor backyards of Manchester . And both have known each other since that time. But while Martineau wanted to make something of his life and went to the police to hunt down criminals, Starling has taken the other path, that of the unscrupulous criminal. But like Starling, Martineau's life has made a hard-boiled “whole guy” who bites his way through life against all odds and does not shy away from fistfights should this be necessary. One day when the serving starling breaks out of prison, he kills a guard there. Immediately he dives and looks for his old gangsters of yore, his former gang. Starling immediately reverts to its old behavior.
Together with his people he ambushes the bookmaker Gus Hawkins and steals 4,000 pounds from him. When a 19-year-old girl dies in the act, Don's old friend Martineau becomes active and immediately follows Starling's lead. A chase through the streets of Manchester begins. It's a duel on equal terms, because Martineau, hardened by (professional) life, knows his way around the world of miserable tenements and dim underworld bars like Starling, who wants to move abroad. Starling has another advantage. While his old confidante Martineau is so devoured by his job that his marriage to his wife Julia is in danger of collapsing, Don, who even has an affair with the wife of the robbed Gus, is far more relaxed and does a dangerous cat-and-do -Mouse game with his adversary.
Production notes
Hetzjagd premiered in Great Britain on April 10, 1960. The German premiere took place on July 6, 1960.
The film structures were created by Robert Jones. James Needs was in charge of editing . Composer Stanley Black conducted his own music.
The film was nominated for two BAFTA Awards (Best Screenplay: Val Guest; Best Actor New Discovery: Billie Whitelaw ).
Reviews
In 1959 The Monthly Film Bulletin read: "Hectic pace with numerous changes of scene, mobility of the camera and participants and plenty of fast, loud and intense dialogue"
"Suspenseful crime film in a precise and effective staging."
Halliwell's Film Guide found the film to be a "lively semi-documentary".
"Solid thriller in remarkable locations and with first-class actors who lags behind its own standards."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chase. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 16, 2018 .
- ^ Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 456
Web links
- Hunting in the Internet Movie Database (English)