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City of Fear (1959 film)

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City of Fear
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIrving Lerner
Produced byLeon Chooluck
StarringVince Edwards
Lyle Talbot
John Archer
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byRobert Lawrence
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Distributed byColumbia Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • February 1959 (1959-02)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

City of Fear (1959) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Irving Lerner.

Synopsis

An escaped convict, heading to Los Angeles, has gotten hold of a canister of Cobalt-60, a substance dangerous enough to kill everyone in the city. What he does not know is that exposure to the element is slowly killing him, as the authorities try to locate him and the canister.

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