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14-462: Private Hell may refer to: Private Hell 36 , a 1954 film noir directed by Don Siegel Private Hell , a 1962 novel by George H. Smith "Private Hell", a song by Alice in Chains from Black Gives Way to Blue "Private Hell", a song by Iggy Pop from Skull Ring "Private Hell", a song by Imperial Drag from Demos "Private Hell",

28-456: A heralding "warning kill" of the antagonist. For example, Cube . The James Bond franchise has become well known for elaborate high-concept pre-credit sequences, sometimes over ten minutes in length. Television series often have a pre-credit sequence, especially ones from the mid-1960s onward. (Such series as Captain Kangaroo , The Dick Van Dyke Show , The Andy Griffith Show ,

42-440: A nightclub singer, Lilli Marlowe, who may hold the key to solving a major New York robbery. Lilli assists the pair in the search for a suspect she encountered; a romance develops between her and Cal. When the suspect is finally spotted, a chase ensues which results in the death of the fugitive. Inside the car, there is a box filled with money and Cal pockets $ 80,000 of it. Jack wants nothing to do with this and reminds his partner that

56-438: A number of Siegel’s thematic concerns, among the crisis that occurs when “original assumptions [or] convictions are turned against a protagonist” Film critic Judith M. Kass writes: Siegel demonstrates that love is not a refuge for man or woman, even for the couple (Howard Duff and Dorothy Malone) whose marriage is threatened by Duff’s anxiety and subsequent drinking. For Siegel, love apparently complicates rather than ameliorates

70-455: A song by Jackyl from Push Comes to Shove "Private Hell", a song by Misery Loves Co. from Misery Loves Co. "Private Hell", a song by The Jam from Setting Sons "Private Hell", a song by Zan Clan from Citizen of Wasteland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Private Hell . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

84-499: A tepid review, "A critic might note that attention is sharply divided between the main theme and the incidental character that Miss Lupino plays. This is somewhat understandable, since Miss Lupino happens to be one of the partners in Filmakers and a coauthor of the script. But let's not worry about it. No deplorable damage is done. There's not very much here to damage. Just an average melodrama about cops." Private Hell 36 showcases

98-464: The action teaser before it became commonplace on television series of the sixties. Typical of The Film[m]akers productions the last title card misspells “Made in Holl[y]wood, USA.“ The film is notable as one of the early Siegel B movies on which future auteur Sam Peckinpah (credited under his first name of David) learned his craft as a dialogue director. Film critic Bosley Crowther wrote

112-413: The credits to introduce characters who may, or may not, become crucial to the film's plot. This sequence is normally an expositional scene with either an obvious important plot point or an event which is seemingly minor but whose significance will later in the film become apparent. A characteristic of pre-credit scenes in the horror genre is a character (seemingly a main character) who is killed quickly, as

126-410: The existential loneliness of his characters, creating for them additional hurdles in their already turbulent emotional lives and forming, rather than eroding, barriers to feeling and closeness. Pre-credit In film production, the pre-credit is the section of the film which is shown before the opening or closing credits are shown. Many films will by common convention have a short scene before

140-505: The first incarnation of The Twilight Zone , I Love Lucy , and the Disney anthology television series did not.) One series famous for its pre-credits is Law & Order . Their famous sound effect will close the pre-credit after each episode's victim is discovered. This article related to film or motion picture terminology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to television terminology

154-619: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Private_Hell&oldid=554075626 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Private Hell 36 The picture was one of the last feature-length efforts by Filmakers, an independent company created by producer Collier Young and his star and then-wife Ida Lupino . L.A. police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham are partners. Upon meeting

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168-462: The money and take what is coming to them, but Cal says he intends to murder the blackmailer and claim self defence. After a time, Cal agrees to return the money, but he is actually preparing to kill his own partner. When the crook suddenly shows up Cal wounds Jack, then Cal is killed by a shot from the dark. Their boss, Captain Michaels, appears and reveals that he suspected the detectives had taken

182-476: The money is marked. Cal has a plan, however, and Jack finds himself wedged into it. He reluctantly accepts a key to a trailer in which Cal has hidden the money, the idea being that Jack can access his share, but Jack - a family man who just wants as normal a life as possible - is increasingly agitated and racked with guilt. Cal receives a call from the dead man's partner threatening to reveal the cop's deceit unless he gets his money back. Jack insists that they turn in

196-456: The money, the blackmailing crook was just a ruse. The extensive racetrack scenes in the film were shot at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California . The interiors of real bars and shops were used so the actors could walk out into actual streets within the same scene. The film starts with a pre-credit sequence before the first titles appear in an early modernist foreshadowing of

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