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Two escaped killers take hostages and hide in a Nevada mining ghost town, knowing that an atom bomb is scheduled to be tested there the next morning.Two escaped killers take hostages and hide in a Nevada mining ghost town, knowing that an atom bomb is scheduled to be tested there the next morning.Two escaped killers take hostages and hide in a Nevada mining ghost town, knowing that an atom bomb is scheduled to be tested there the next morning.
Frank DeKova
- Dummy
- (as Frank de Kova)
Fred Aldrich
- Hunter - Driver of Car
- (uncredited)
Benny Burt
- Hunter
- (uncredited)
John Cliff
- Gas Station Attendant
- (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
- Air Force Helicopter Pilot
- (uncredited)
John Diggs
- Colonel at Control Station
- (uncredited)
William Forrest
- Colonel Wright
- (uncredited)
Fred Graham
- A.F. Captain in Helicopter
- (uncredited)
Karen Hale
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Clark Howat
- Lieutenant at Control Station
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe escaped convict Bart Moore is played by Paul Kelly who himself spent 25 months during the late 1920s in California's San Quentin State Prison. He was convicted of manslaughter for the beating death of actor Ray Raymond, the first husband of actress Dorothy Mackaye, who was having an affair with Kelly and would later marry him. Kelly's next film after this one was "Duffy of San Quentin" (Duffy of San Quentin (1954)) where he plays the title role - the warden of the prison where he himself did time.
- GoofsThe five minute warning siren immediately started at peak, which is impossible because electromechanical sirens are essentially motors with blades attached, and no electric motor ever conceived of can start at maximum speed without first winding up to that speed from zero.
- Quotes
Larry Fleming: Well, Colonel, when you've seen one atom bomb, you've seen them all.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Noir Alley: Split Second (2017)
Featured review
The scene.
My understanding of this motion picture is much different. My family owned the gas station and inn that appears in the picture. I have many memories of director Powell flying around in a rather unusual aircraft for the time, a helicopter. Being very young, I didn't have much interaction with the adults as they wanted to imbibe after the shootings for the day but I do recall having to be silent and not play in the front of the business. This is truly a unique story line for the early '50s. The cold war was in full swing so any movie about this subject captured audience attention. I have since purchased video tapes for members of my family. Excelent example of the A-Bomb era genre. Others: The Day The Earth Stood Still, Godzilla.
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- manwithfinger
- Jan 9, 2004
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- Explosion in Nevada
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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