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Hell on Frisco Bay is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Tuttle released in USA on 28 january 1956 with Alan Ladd

Hell on Frisco Bay (1956)

Hell on Frisco Bay
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Released in USA 28 january 1956
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime
Rating63% 3.1907953.1907953.1907953.1907953.190795

Hell on Frisco Bay is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson and Joanne Dru. It was made for Ladd's own production company, Jaguar.

The film featured an early Hollywood appearance by Australian actor Rod Taylor. His part was written especially by Martin Rackin, who worked with Taylor on Long John Silver (1954).

Synopsis

After five years in San Quentin prison, former policeman Steve Rollins is released. Unjustly convicted of manslaughter in an arrested man's death, Steve is met by a friend from the force, Dan Bianco, and by wife Marcia, whom he shuns because she has been unfaithful to him.

Actors

Alan Ladd

(Steve Rollins)
Edward G. Robinson

(Victor Amato)
Joanne Dru

(Marcia Rollins)
William Demarest

(Dan Bianco)
Jayne Mansfield

(Mario's Dance Partner at Nightclub (uncredited))
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