Short Cut to Hell (1957)
- Directed by
- James Cagney
- Genre
- film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A hired killer takes a job and later gets betrayed. He then seeks revenge while being chased by the police and a femme fatale.
tensenoir-ishpacedgrittysuspensefulmoodyshady
What happens
Short Cut to Hell is a 1957 American film noir, filmed in black-and-white VistaVision, starring Robert Ivers and Georgann Johnson. The film is the only directorial effort by famous actor James Cagney. Short Cut to Hell is a remake of the 1941 Alan Ladd film This Gun for Hire, which in turn was based on the 1936 Graham Greene novel A Gun for Sale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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