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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 Oct 29, 2019
Actor Dick Powell's first effort as a director is a brisk, believable suspense story about an escaped convict. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 31, 2004
C+
A tense thriller. Go to Full Review
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Russ G @RT78760655 Jun 14, 2024 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. See more nick s @Nick_S Apr 27, 2024 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. See more Blobbo X @Blobbo Jul 28, 2020 Blobbo's thumb-blobs more up than down. See more Robbie K @RT50853010 Jan 20, 2019 A tense thriller. Under rated Film Noir one of the best. See more Nov 28, 2017 Slow but entertaining. The moral is: Bring a map, leave early, don't get stuck See more Aug 12, 2015 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. See more 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
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