Synopsis
Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.
Movie Information
- Director
- Dick Powell
- Writers
- William Bowers, Irving Wallace
- Release Year
- 1953
- Runtime
- 85 minutes
- Genre
- Thriller, Crime
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (32 votes)
Top Cast
Stephen McNally
Sam Hurley
Alexis Smith
Kay Garven
Jan Sterling
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Keith Andes
Larry Fleming
Arthur Hunnicutt
Asa Tremaine
Paul Kelly
Bart Moore
Robert Paige
Arthur Ashton
Richard Egan
Doctor Neal Garven
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