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

1953

1h 25m

6.3(27 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

Stephen McNally

Sam Hurley

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Alexis Smith

Kay Garven

Acting

Jan Sterling

Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

Acting

Keith Andes

Larry Fleming

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Arthur Hunnicutt

Asa Tremaine

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Paul Kelly

Bart Moore

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Robert Paige

Arthur Ashton

Acting

Richard Egan

Doctor Neal Garven

Acting

Frank De Kova

Dummy

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