'Stop tryin' to be a hero! I hate heroes!' Meet Sam Hurley: Public Enemy Number One. The violent killer has just busted out of jail but his buddy Bart was wounded in the escape and needs a doctor fast. Sam takes four hostages to blackmail a doctor to help, taking them to a ghost town in the desert to wait for the sawbones. But that ghost town is a dangerous place to be. The US military are testing an atom bomb at 06.00. Sam and his prisoners are sitting right at ground zero... Directed by noir icon Dick Powell (Farewell, My Lovely), Split Second in a masterful ticking-clock... thriller that builds to a literally explosive climax! [show more]
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Dick Powell directs this 1950s thriller starring Stephen McNally. Notorious killer Sam Hurley (McNally) escapes from jail with fellow prisoner Bart Moore (Paul Kelly), who is injured in the process. They wind up in a ghost town with a small group of hostages in tow. When Sam finds out one of his captives is married to a doctor he attempts to get Bart medical attention. The situation only intensifies with the realisation that the government are planning to carry out an atomic bomb test in the town in a matter of hours. Will everyone make it to a safe distance before the bomb explodes?
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