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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. Read More Read Less
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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 dave j The first of of six movies directed by film veteran Dick Powell which is a combination of "The Petrified Forest" and "Key Largo" using the atom bomb as the backdrop. A notification of deadly convict, Sam Hurley (Stephen McNally) escape but needs to find a doctor for his friend Bart (Paul Kelly) who''s suffering a serious gun shot wound to the stomach. And eventually finds refuge at a ghost town in the Nevada desert holding some people hostage despite everyone already knowing that it is going to be used as a nuclear test site with the stars Larry (Keith Andes) and nightclub singer, Dottie (Jan Sterling) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 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 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