Hell's Half Acre poster

Hell's Half Acre( 1954)

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City of Sin... toughest spot in the Pacific

Overview

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Wendell Corey

      Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams

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      Evelyn Keyes

      Donna Williams

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      Elsa Lanchester

      Lida O'Reilly

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      Marie Windsor

      Rose

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      Nancy Gates

      Sally Lee

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      Leonard Strong

      Ippy

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      Jesse White

      Tubby Otis

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      Keye Luke

      Police Chief Dan

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      Philip Ahn

      Roger Kong

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      Clair Widenaar

      Jamison

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      Robert Costa

      'Slim' Novak

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      Robert Shield

      Frank

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Wed Mar 08 2017
    Case History of Chet Chester. Hell's Half Acre is directed by John H. Auer and written by Steve Fisher. It stars Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor, Nancy Gates and Leonard Strong. Music is by R. Dale Butts and cinematography by John L. Russell. Filmed and set in Hawaii, one could be forgiven for thinking this couldn't possibly work as a piece of film noir. In fact, the opening credit sequences lends one to think this could well be a frothy Elvis Presley type of movie - but it most assuredly isn't. Cash or Cave in? Story has Corey up to his neck in femme fat...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • hawaii
    • film noir
    • b movie
    • tiki culture