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Private Hell 36 is a american film of genre Drama directed by Don Siegel released in USA on 3 september 1954 with Steve Cochran
Private Hell 36 (1954)
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Add to a movie listPrivate Hell 36 is a 1954 black-and-white film noir, directed by Don Siegel. It features Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, among others.
The picture was one of the last feature-length efforts by Filmakers, a company created by producer Collier Young and his star and then-wife Ida Lupino.
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L.A. police detectives Cal Bruner (Steve Cochran) and Jack Farnham (Howard Duff) get in over their heads when they decide to split up thousands of dollars they found on a recently killed counterfeiter. To make matters worse, they are assigned by their police captain to look for the missing cash.Actors
Steve Cochran
(Police Sgt. Cal Bruner)
Howard Duff
(Jack Farnham)
Ida Lupino
(Lilli Marlowe)
Dean Jagger
(Police Capt. Michaels)
Dorothy Malone
(Francey Farnham)
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