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

Drama

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

Gruff gumshoe Francis Hogan is hired by a mysterious woman to find her boyfriend who has gone missing. With his perpetually hungry partner in tow, Hogan must untangle a web of intrigue involving the criminal underworld and a dead courier. One double-cross follows another as Hogan investigates the whole sordid affair.

6.2

The Paradine Case

Dec 31, 1947

Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and he begins to cast about for a way to exonerate his client. Keane puts the Paradine household servant on the stand, suggesting he is the killer. But Keane soon loses his way in the courtroom, and his half-baked plan sets off a stunning chain of events.

7.3

The Narrow Margin

May 3, 1952

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

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0.0

Nightmare at Ground Zero

May 15, 1958

After the first atom bomb test, scientists realize the bomb was more powerful than they expected - which may have terrible results.

6.6

His Kind of Woman

Aug 15, 1951

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.

6.9

They Drive by Night

Jul 26, 1940

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

7.5

The Asphalt Jungle

May 12, 1950

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

7.1

The Petrified Forest

Feb 8, 1936

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.

7.6

In a Lonely Place

May 17, 1950

A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

7.6

Scarlet Street

Dec 25, 1945

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

9.2

Where is Gilgamesh?

Feb 1, 2024

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he faces his own inner demons.

6.6

The Glass Key

Sep 8, 1942

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

7.4

The Woman in the Window

Oct 25, 1944

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

7.3

The Set-Up

Mar 29, 1949

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

7.2

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Jul 7, 1950

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

4.3

The Crimson Key

Jul 2, 1947

Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed. Larry shuffles through a long list of suspects before revealing the killer...

7.3

Dark Passage

Sep 5, 1947

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

10.0

Rest Stop

Jan 1, 2004

On a cold and lonely night, a hapless driver stops to investigate an isolated rest stop. He finds himself caught in a series of deadly accidents…

6.9

This Gun for Hire

Apr 24, 1942

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

6.6

Side Street

Mar 23, 1950

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.