City of Fear (1959 film)

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City of Fear
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Directed by Irving Lerner
Written byRobert Dillon
Steven Ritch
Produced byLeon Chooluck
Starring Vince Edwards
Lyle Talbot
John Archer
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Edited by Robert Lawrence
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • February 1959 (1959-02)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

City of Fear is a 1959 American film noir directed by Irving Lerner.

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Plot

Vince, an escaped convict from San Quentin headed for Los Angeles, has a canister in his possession that he thinks has heroin inside of it. It does not; instead, it contains Cobalt-60, a dangerous nuclear substance with enough radiation to kill most of the population of Los Angeles. As continued exposure to the element is slowly killing Vince, authorities move to capture him and the canister.

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