Five Steps to Danger (1957)
Five Steps to Danger was adapted from thenovel The Steel Mirror by Donald Hamilton. When her scientist brother is killed in East Berlin, Ruth Roman finds herself in possession of a secret code, engraved on the back of a mirror. To prevent Ruth from delivering the secret information to the authorities, double agent Werner Klemperer has her committed to a mental institution. She finds an unlikely savior in the form of misanthropic drifter Sterling Hayden. Producer-director Henry S. Kesler also penned the numbingly complicated screenplay. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, (more)
- Director(s):
- Henry S. Kesler
Synopsis of Five Steps to Danger
Five Steps to Danger was adapted from thenovel The Steel Mirror by Donald Hamilton. When her scientist brother is killed in East Berlin, Ruth Roman finds herself in possession of a secret code, engraved on the back of a mirror. To prevent Ruth from delivering the secret information to the authorities, double agent Werner Klemperer has her committed to a mental institution. She finds an unlikely savior in the form of misanthropic drifter Sterling Hayden. Producer-director Henry S. Kesler also penned the numbingly complicated screenplay. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Five Steps to Danger
- Ruth Roman - Ann Nicholson
- Werner Klemperer - Dr. Simmons
- Charles Davis - Kirk
- Peter Hansen - Karl Plesser
- John Mitchum - Deputy
- Sterling Hayden - John Emmett
- Richard Gaines - Dean Brant
- Jeanne Cooper - Helen Bethke
- Karl Ludwig Lindt - Kissell
- John Merrick - Sheriff
- Director(s):
- Henry S. Kesler
- Writer(s):
- Henry S. Kesler
- Producer(s):
- Henry S. Kesler
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