Split Second

Five travelers sweat it out at gunpoint in an abandoned mining town in the Nevada desert. A killer escaped from the pen holds them, intending to scram after a doc tends to his wounded accomplice.

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DVD-R Details

Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 25 minutes
Video: Black & White
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
Released: January 12, 2010
Originally Released: 1953
Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling & Arthur Hunnicutt
Performer:		Richard Egan, Frank DeKova, Paul Kelly, Robert Paige & Keith Andes
Directed by		Dick Powell
Edited by		Robert Ford
Screenwriting by		William Bowers & Irving Wallace
Composition by		Roy Webb
Story by		Irving Wallace & Chester Erskine
Produced by		Edmund Grainger
Director of Photography:		Nicholas Musuraca

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Description by OLDIES.com:

Five travelers sweat it out at gunpoint in an abandoned mining town in the Nevada desert. A killer escaped from the pen holds them, intending to scram after a doc tends to his wounded accomplice.

Like The Petrified Forest and Key Largo, Split Second's tale of captives and captors lets the sweat drip, the tension build, the dialogue zing and when the occasion calls, the fists and bullets fly. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking: the mining town is practically ground zero for an A-bomb test slated to unleash its mushroom cloud in just a few hours. Musical-star-turned-film-noir-hero Dick Powell makes his taut and tough directorial debut, guiding Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith and Jan Sterling in this split-second suspense thriller.

Product Description:

A trio of escaped convicts take a group of people hostage and drag them out to the middle of the desert, where they hole up in a seemingly abandoned town which turns out to be the target for atomic testing. This unique and suspenseful film noir was the directorial debut of actor Dick Powell.

Keywords:

Suspense | Thriller | Theatrical Release | Hostages

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