Five Steps to Danger (1957)
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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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- 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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