Split Second

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"Split Second" is a 1953 American film noir thriller about escaped convicts holding hostages in a ghost town unknowingly located at an atomic bomb test site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn original story by Irving Wallace ⓘ
castMember Alexis Smith ⓘ
Arthur Hunnicutt ⓘ
Frank Faylen ⓘ
James Anderson ⓘ
Jan Sterling ⓘ
Keith Andes ⓘ
Paul Kelly ⓘ
Richard Egan ⓘ
Robert Paige ⓘ
Stephen McNally ⓘ
cinematography Nicholas Musuraca ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Dick Powell ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Robert Swink ⓘ
filmDebutOf Dick Powell as a feature film director ⓘ
filmingStyle location shooting and studio sets ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasColorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
mainCharacter Arthur "Doc" Nevada ⓘ
Dottie Vale ⓘ
Kay Garven ⓘ
Larry Fleming ⓘ
Sam Hurley ⓘ
motionPictureRating Not Rated (original release, pre-MPAA ratings) ⓘ
musicBy Roy Webb ⓘ
narrativeLocation atomic bomb test site ⓘ
narrativeTheme hostage situation ⓘ
nuclear anxiety ⓘ
race against time ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town that is unknowingly located at an atomic bomb test site. ⓘ
producer Sid Rogell ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1953 ⓘ
runtime 85 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Irving Wallace ⓘ
William Bowers ⓘ
setting Nevada ghost town ⓘ
title Split Second ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1953 ⓘ

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Jan Sterling → notableWork → Split Second ⓘ
Michael J. Pollard → actedIn → Split Second ⓘ