Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

Steve Rollins... his guns... his vengeance... alone on the Bay-Front!

A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.

Date of release
1955-12-31
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Director
Frank Tuttle

Casting

Interesting facts

Hell on Frisco Bay is a 1956 American CinemaScope film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson and Joanne Dru. It was made for Ladd's own production company, Jaguar.

Production notes

The film was based on the novel The Darkest Hour by William P. McGivern. Film rights were bought by Alan Ladd's Jaguar Productions in August 1954 as a vehicle for Ladd. The movie was financed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which had just made Drum Beat with Ladd.

The novel was serialized in Collier's magazine (April 15-May 13, 1955).

Ladd had wanted James Cagney to co-star but Edward G. Robinson was cast instead. Robinson was in what he called "the B picture phase of my career as a movie star – or former movie star if that's a better way of putting it, or has-been if that's still a better way." It was due to his greylisting. Robinson was unhappy being billed second to Ladd and dubbed the film "Hell in Beverly Hills.

Ladd hired Frank Tuttle to direct; Tuttle had cast Ladd in This Gun for Hire, the movie that made him a star.

Production Dates: April 4—mid-May, 1955. Much of the film was shot on location throughout San Francisco. Extensive shooting was done in and around Fisherman's Wharf and San Francisco Bay.

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