There is a doctor's wife who looks down her nose at Dottie because basically Dottie is a tough good time girl yet it is the wife who will do anything including cuddling up to Sam to secure her safety.
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In fact it is so visually impressive that I am sure back in 1953 "Split Second" must have wowed audiences.īut the ending to "Split Second" is not what the movie is about, instead it is about the people who find themselves being held prisoner by Sam and how they interact and deal with things. But what is most memorable about it is not that it is more far fetched than Indiana Jones escaping the blast in a fridge but the visual impact because seeing the abandoned gold mining town destroyed by the blast is impressive.
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Whilst not the focus of the movie the most memorable aspect of "Split Second" is the ending and it should be no surprise when I say that it is a race against time during those final minutes. Larry and Dottie are not the only ones Sam holds up and a whole group of them end up in an abandoned mining town in the middle of the atomic test zone with the time ticking down to the detonation. But as he makes his way to Carson City to cover the story not only does Larry find himself travelling with the pretty Dottie (Jan Sterling) who he offers a lift to but also face to face with Sam who holds them up for their car. With less than 24 hours to go till an atom-bomb test is planned to go off reporter Larry Fleming (Keith Andes) finds him pulled from covering it to cover the story of escaped convict Sam Hurley (Stephen McNally). It is credit to Dick Powell in his first movie behind the camera that "Split Second" keeps hold of your attention but in the end it is probably a movie memorable for its ending rather than anything else. But as black & white thrillers go it isn't bad and not only has an interesting premise of a group of people being held hostage in an atomic bomb test area but has interesting dynamics between the various people.
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Right to get one of my usually gripes out of the way with, some people call "Split Second" film-noir, whilst it has elements of what made a movie film-noir for me it is only a solid black & white thriller, nothing more.