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Split Second (1953)

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

Genre : Drama, Thriller, Crime

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Dick Powell
Writer : William Bowers, Irving Wallace

Synopsis

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

Actors

Stephen McNally
Stephen McNally
Sam Hurley
Alexis Smith
Alexis Smith
Kay Garven
Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Keith Andes
Keith Andes
Larry Fleming
Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Hunnicutt
Asa Tremaine
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly
Bart Moore
Robert Paige
Robert Paige
Arthur Ashton
Richard Egan
Richard Egan
Doctor Neal Garven
Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova
Dummy

Crews

Dick Powell
Dick Powell
Director
William Bowers
William Bowers
Screenplay
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace
Screenplay
Chester Erskine
Chester Erskine
Story
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace
Story
Edmund Grainger
Edmund Grainger
Producer
Roy Webb
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Nicholas Musuraca
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Robert Ford
Robert Ford
Editor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Jack Okey
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Jack Mills
Jack Mills
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Mel Berns
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Larry Germain
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Cliff P. Broughton
Cliff P. Broughton
Production Supervisor
Lowell J. Farrell
Lowell J. Farrell
Unit Production Manager
Fred Fleck
Fred Fleck
Assistant Director
Nate D. Slott
Nate D. Slott
Assistant Director
Frank McWhorter
Frank McWhorter
Sound
Clem Portman
Clem Portman
Sound

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