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When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.
James Anderson
- Patrolman in Locker Room
- (uncredited)
William Boyett
- Stimson
- (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
- Murdered Man in Elevator
- (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
- Mr. Mace
- (uncredited)
George Dockstader
- Fugitive
- (uncredited)
King Donovan
- Evney Serovitch
- (uncredited)
Bridget Duff
- Bridget Farnham
- (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
- Sam Marvin
- (uncredited)
Jerry Hausner
- Hausner--Nightclub Boss
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Hawkins
- Delivery Boy
- (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
- Patrolman Tom
- (uncredited)
Chris O'Brien
- Coroner
- (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
- Detective Lt. Lubin
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe little baby girl who appears at the beginning of the movie is the daughter of Howard Duff and Ida Lupino.
- GoofsThe end titles are supposed to read as "Made in Hollywood, USA" but Hollywood is misspelled as "Hollwood."
- Quotes
Lilli Marlowe: Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed I'd meet a drunken slob in a bar who'd give me fifty bucks and we'd live happily ever after.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frances Farmer Presents: Private Hell 36 (1958)
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Going over the edge
Private Hell 36 is a tale of two Los Angeles PD cops who get an assignment to track down money from a big bank robbery which is being laundered at the pari-mutual window at Hollywood Park. Howard Duff is a responsible family man with wife Dorothy Malone and an infant daughter. He's got the financial responsibilities that any middle class individual from the Eisenhower 50s has.
His partner is Steve Cochran a brooding loner who feels he's not gotten his just due from the job. Their boss is Captain Dean Jagger who gives them that assignment.
That assignment also comes with trailing singer Ida Lupino who is the only one who can finger the right bettor. She does and when they give chase the perpetrator dies and they're left with a whole lot of money and maybe, just maybe they ought to keep it themselves.
I'm not sure how any of us would have handled the issue. The police however have some strict guidelines because they get tempted in these situations a lot more often than you or I would be. Cochran goes over the edge and he's taking Duff with him.
Some of these situations were handled a dozen years later in the Glenn Ford film The Money Trap where he and Ricardo Montalban found themselves tempted the same way. If you're familiar with that film you know how it comes out and probably a bit better for one of the detectives than in The Money Trap.
Don Siegel got good performances out of his ensemble cast. See this one back to back with The Money Trap if possible.
His partner is Steve Cochran a brooding loner who feels he's not gotten his just due from the job. Their boss is Captain Dean Jagger who gives them that assignment.
That assignment also comes with trailing singer Ida Lupino who is the only one who can finger the right bettor. She does and when they give chase the perpetrator dies and they're left with a whole lot of money and maybe, just maybe they ought to keep it themselves.
I'm not sure how any of us would have handled the issue. The police however have some strict guidelines because they get tempted in these situations a lot more often than you or I would be. Cochran goes over the edge and he's taking Duff with him.
Some of these situations were handled a dozen years later in the Glenn Ford film The Money Trap where he and Ricardo Montalban found themselves tempted the same way. If you're familiar with that film you know how it comes out and probably a bit better for one of the detectives than in The Money Trap.
Don Siegel got good performances out of his ensemble cast. See this one back to back with The Money Trap if possible.
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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