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It’s a road picture, a spy chase and an oddball romance all in one. A casual highway hitch-hike leads to intrigues with shady doctors, guided missile secrets and espionage intrigues. Possible escaped nut case Ruth Roman enlists nice guy Sterling Hayden’s help, and before you can say Alfred Hitchcock they’re handcuffed together and on the run. It’s a B-picture gem from the mid-fifties, all the more amusing for its awkwardness.

Five Steps to Danger

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1957 / Color / 2:35 1:85 widescreen 1:37 flat full frame / 81 min. / Street Date April 24, 2018 / 29.99

Starring: Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Charles Davis, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Hansen, Ken Curtis.

Cinematography: Kenneth Peach

Film Editor: Aaron Stell

Original Music: Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter

Written by Henry S. Kesler, from a book by Donald Hamilton

Produced and Directed by Henry S. Kesler

Celebrity business agent Henry S. Kesler became a production manager,...

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Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

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