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Split Second
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Split Second

May 2, 1953
1h 25m
★ 6.4

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

Cast

Stephen McNally

Sam Hurley

Stephen McNally

Alexis Smith

Kay Garven

Alexis Smith

Jan Sterling

Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

Jan Sterling

Keith Andes

Larry Fleming

Keith Andes

Arthur Hunnicutt

Asa Tremaine

Arthur Hunnicutt

Paul Kelly

Bart Moore

Paul Kelly

Robert Paige

Arthur Ashton

Robert Paige

Richard Egan

Doctor Neal Garven

Richard Egan

Frank De Kova

Dummy

Frank De Kova

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