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