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An escaped killer (Stephen McNally) holds a doctor's wife (Alexis Smith) and others hostage at an atomic-bomb test site in Nevada.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Actor Dick Powell's first effort as a director is a brisk, believable suspense story about an escaped convict. Oct 29, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A tense thriller. Rated: C+ Oct 31, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A passable F/N even if it did borrow, thematically, from "Key Largo". A competent enough cast but none of them are Bogey, Bacall, or Robinson. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review nick s Quite a good effort, especially as it's the first for this director. The acting was fine and the story had a good finale. A bit of a flat patch midway when the show got stuck in one setting, but worth wading through. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/27/24 Full Review Audience Member Blobbo's thumb-blobs more up than down. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A tense thriller. Under rated Film Noir one of the best. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Slow but entertaining. The moral is: Bring a map, leave early, don't get stuck Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid little thriller from Dick Powell in the directorial debut. Stephen McNally plays an escaped prisoner who takes several varied people hostage and then carts them off to a Nevada nuclear test site just hours before a bomb is set to be tested. It's kind of a gonzo story set up and it's actually pretty suspenseful at times, even if it seems a bit goofy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An escaped killer (Stephen McNally) holds a doctor's wife (Alexis Smith) and others hostage at an atomic-bomb test site in Nevada.
Director
Dick Powell
Producer
Edmund Grainger
Screenwriter
William Bowers, Irving Wallace
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 12, 2010
Runtime
1h 25m