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5.4/10   60 votes
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Director:
Henry S. Kesler
Writers:
Henry S. Kesler (screenplay)
Donald Hamilton (story) ...
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Release Date:
10 May 1957 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
First she lured him into her car ... then she let him taste her lips ... and then ... THE TERROR BEGAN !
Plot:
Off on vacation, John Emmett is stranded in Jefferson when his car gives out. Innocently accepting a... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ruth Roman ... Mrs. Ann Nicholson
Sterling Hayden ... John Emmett

Werner Klemperer ... Dr. Frederick Simmons
Richard Gaines ... Dean William Brant
Charles Davis ... Edward Manning Kirkpatrick aka Kirk
Jeanne Cooper ... Helen Bethke, RN
Peter Hansen ... Karl Plesser
Karl Ludwig Lindt ... Dr. Reinhart Kissel (as Karl Lindt)
John Mitchum ... Bud, Deputy Sheriff
John Frederick ... Sheriff
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Five Steps to Danger (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16

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In 1957, United Artists distributed this film on a double bill with 12 Angry Men (1957) starring Henry Fonda. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
High Step to Intrigue, 16 November 2008
6/10
Author: wordsmith_57 from United States

I don't know who wrote the tag line, but there is no terror here. And she was no seductress, only a lady on a mission, and a gang of baddies after her. Then along came John...

Ann is a woman who desperately needs to get to Sante Fe. John is on vacation and with his car out of commission agrees to help Ann drive. John's a nice enough guy, and soon finds out that there is more to Ann than meets the eye. There are cops, CIA, FBI, switched identifies, and a plot full of twists and turns.

Sterling Hayden plays John and Ruth Roman is Ann. While they were adequate, I couldn't help but wonder what the movie would have been like with Gary Cooper and Suzanne Pleshette, as the leads very much resembled these two known actors.

Definitely late night movie fare, but nothing spectacular. The plot had its intriguing moments--you will want to stay awake for the ending. Never mind the stiff acting and the stereotypical government men, the lead actors carried it well enough. Look for Colonel Klink from Hogan's Hereos as the doctor.

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