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Character actor Stephen McNally as the cop
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Mara Corday-Stephen McNally "El hombre de Bitter Ridge" (The man from Bitter Ridge) 1955, de Jack Arnold.
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The Side Look of a Barcelonese #1 966 : A lone wind shaped tree In a peaceful landscape Hanging on in life © Stephen McNally :
The Side Look of a Barcelonese #1 966 :
A lone wind shaped tree
In a peaceful landscape
Hanging on in life
© Stephen McNally :
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Apache Drums (Hugo Fregonese, 1951)
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Apache Drums (Hugo Fregonese, 1951)
Apache Drums (Hugo Fregonese, 1951)
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Stephen McNally, Susan Cabot, and Audie Murphy during the filming of Don Siegel’s THE DUEL AT SILVER CREEK (1952)
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Split Second
It's rather eerie watching Dick Powell’s first film as a director, SPLIT SECOND (1953, TCM), considering his next film, THE CONQUEROR (1956), would put him in the same situation off-screen as the characters in his first. Escaped convict Stephen McNally takes a bunch of people hostage in a deserted Nevada town slated for destruction by a nuclear test. If flighty soon-to-be divorcee Alexis Smith’s doctor husband (Richard Egan) can get there in time to save McNally’s friend (Paul Kelly) from a bullet wound, they might make it out in time to outrun the blast. Powell doesn’t generate a lot of tension until the end. The nuclear test isn’t enough of a presence; you’re never really aware of time running out for most of the picture. And some of his early compositions are flat and undramatic. Irving Wallace’s script displays more than a little ignorance about the long-term effects of nuclear fallout and features a laughable finale complete with a mine ex machina. He doesn’t have much understanding of human psychology either as the characters often make choices more to motivate violent action than out of any discernible need. There are some decent actors on hand — McNally, Kelly, Egan, Keith Andes and Arthur Hunnicutt, who brings some much-needed energy as a prospector who stumbles into the hostage situation. The real standout is Jan Sterling, who hitches a ride with Andes’ reporter only for the two of them to get carjacked. Her tough girl from Pittsburgh has a Judy Holiday-light feel to her, and when she tells Andes about her past, you can believe she grew up with an alcoholic father and man-hungry mother. By contrast, Smith can’t seem to get a handle on her character. It’s all bits, with nothing to tie together the shocked society woman and the danger junkie who’s turned on by McNally. She has one honest moment. McNally asks her, ��You ever been locked up?” When she responds, “Not the way you mean,” she seems to know what she’s talking about (for once). Nine years at Warner Bros. can do that to you.
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Lex Barker-Mara Corday-Stephen McNally "El hombre de Bitter Ridge" (The man from Bitter Ridge) 1955, de Jack Arnold.
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