Split Second

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Split Second (1953)

NR 05/02/1953 (US) Drama, Thriller, Crime 1h 25m

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Overview

Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.

Irving Wallace

Screenplay, Story
Dick Powell

Director
William Bowers

Screenplay
Chester Erskine

Story

Top Billed Cast

Stephen McNally

Sam Hurley
Alexis Smith

Kay Garven
Jan Sterling

Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Keith Andes

Larry Fleming
Arthur Hunnicutt

Asa Tremaine
Paul Kelly

Bart Moore
Robert Paige

Arthur Ashton
Richard Egan

Doctor Neal Garven
Frank De Kova

Dummy
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A review by John Chard

85%

Written by John Chard on November 8, 2013

Big man, he has Atom Bombs for breakfast!

Split Second is directed by Dick Powell and written by William Bowers, Irving Wallace and Chester Erskine. It stars Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, Keith Andes, Arthur Hunnicutt, Richard Egan, Paul Kelly, Robert Paige and Frank DeKova. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca.

Escaped convict Sam Hurley (McNally) is on the run with his wounded pal Bart Moore (Kelly) and henchman accomplice Dummy (DeKova). Carjacking two lots of hostages, Hurley takes them to a ghost town on an Atom Bomb test sight figuring it's t... read the rest.

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