Private Hell 36

Ida Lupino co-wrote and stars in this classic film noir about a desperate cop (Steve Cochran) straying off the straight-and-narrow, falling for a world-weary lounge singer (Lupino), and betraying his honest partner (Howard Duff). Directed with grim, artful efficiency by Don Siegel (Charley Varrick), Private Hell 36 is a thriller that revels in the claustrophobic tawdriness of it's characters and is much smarter and potent than it's gears-turning plot first reveals. The stellar cast includes Dean Jagger as the detectives' Captain and Dorothy Malone as Duff's understandably worried wife.

Director: Don Siegel
Producer: Ida Lupino
Producer: Collier Young
Producer: Doris Wishman
Actor: Ida Lupino
Actor: Steve Cochran
Actor: Howard Duff
Actor: Dean Jagger
Actor: Dorothy Malone
Actor: Richard Deacon
Actor: Jimmy Hawkins
Actor: Bridget Duff
Actor: Budget Duff
Actor: Jim Hawkins
Actor: Dabbs Greer
Actor: King Donovan
Actor: Kenneth Patterson
Actor: Chris O'Brien
Actor: Jerry Hausner
Actor: George Dockstader