Split Second

May 2, 1953

1h 25m

★ 6.2

Steel Your Nerves! Here's excitement that will smash them!

Overview

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

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Split Second Trailers

Cast

Sam Hurley

Stephen McNally

Kay Garven

Alexis Smith

Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

Jan Sterling

Larry Fleming

Keith Andes

Asa Tremaine

Arthur Hunnicutt

Bart Moore

Paul Kelly

Arthur Ashton

Robert Paige

Doctor Neal Garven

Richard Egan

Dummy

Frank De Kova

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

6.4

The Maltese Falcon

May 23, 1931

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

6.6

Crossfire

Aug 15, 1947

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

5.3

The Woman on Pier 13

Jun 15, 1950

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

6.6

The Killer Is Loose

Feb 3, 1956

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

6.8

The Reckless Moment

Dec 9, 1949

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

7.0

Riot in Cell Block 11

Feb 18, 1954

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

5.6

Inside Job

Jun 14, 1946

A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.

6.5

Fallen Angel

Nov 15, 1945

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

7.2

Pépé le Moko

Jan 28, 1937

Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.

6.2

Macao

Apr 11, 1952

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

5.8

The Las Vegas Story

Jan 30, 1952

When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.

6.1

Hoodlum Empire

Apr 15, 1952

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.

6.1

Deported

Nov 1, 1950

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.

6.7

Cry Danger

Feb 23, 1951

After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

6.6

The Mob

Sep 7, 1951

An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.