Hell's Half Acre
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Elsa Lanchester, Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Jesse White, Nancy Gates, Marie Windsor, Leonard Strong.
A tale of the ex-racketeer Chet Chester, who is blackmailed by his former criminal partners. Chester's girlfriend Sally kills one of his enemies, but Chester takes the blame, assuming that he has enough clout to escape with a lighter sentence. Meanwhile, Dona Williams arrives on the scene, certain that Chester is her long-lost husband. When Sally is murdered, Chester escapes from Jail intending to find her killer and clear his name.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); mono.
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PUBLISHED
[St. Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Auer, John H., 1906-1975.
Yates, Herbert J., 1880-1966.
Fisher, Steve, 1912-1980.
Lanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986.
Corey, Wendell, 1914-1968.
Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008.
White, Jesse.
Gates, Nancy, 1926-
Republic Pictures Corporation.
Olive Films.
SUBJECTS
Extortion -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
False imprisonment -- Drama.
Criminals -- Drama.
Hawaii -- Drama.
Film noir.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.