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      Hell's Half Acre

      Released Feb 26, 1954 1 hr. 31 min. Crime Drama List
      Reviews 29% 250+ Ratings Audience Score An ex-racketeer's (Wendell Corey) abandoned wife (Evelyn Keyes) finds him in Honolulu, trying to beat a bum murder rap. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Where did this come from? Elsa Lanchester, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Marie Windsor, Jesse White -- a great cast. And actually filmed in 1950s Honolulu. I love seeing those images from so long ago now. The title's a little misleading, however. Yes, there was such a place in downtown Honolulu -- roughly what is now Chinatown. But very little of the substance of this story actually takes place there or portrays anything nearly as gritty as the real life people and activities that gave the area its infamous name. Kind of a sanitized half acre of hell. But I give them credit for actually going in to Chinatown and shooting the scenes they did. You'll recognize some of that whole Hotel Street milieu if you've ever seen the original <i>Hawaii Five-O</i> shows set in that area of town. Waikiki was already very different, though, by the time Jack Lord started cleaning up the streets. It's good to see it so 1950s underbuilt. What a difference a decade made. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Good cast, mediocre film. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) Charles Dickens is responsible for a lot of bad drama. Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An ex-racketeer's (Wendell Corey) abandoned wife (Evelyn Keyes) finds him in Honolulu, trying to beat a bum murder rap.
      Director
      John H. Auer
      Screenwriter
      Steve Fisher
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 26, 1954, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 15, 2019
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