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Murderous City (1953)

Murderous City poster
Original title
Öldüren Şehir
Directed by
Lütfi Ömer Akad
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man arrives in a big city and gets caught up in its dangerous underbelly. The film follows his struggles with crime and isolation in an unforgiving urban environment.

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What happens

Murderous City (Turkish: Öldüren Şehir) is a 1953 Turkish drama film directed by Lütfi Akad and starring Ayhan Işık, Belgin Doruk and Sevki Artun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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