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… More 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
- Directed By
- Henry S. Kesler
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 30, 1957 Wide
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Cast
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Ruth Roman
as Ann Nicholson
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Sterling Hayden
as John Emmett
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Werner Klemperer
as Dr. Simmons
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Richard Gaines
as Dean Brant
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Charles Davis
as Kirk
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Jeanne Cooper
as Helen Bethke
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Peter Hansen
as Karl Plesser
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Karl Ludwig Lindt
as Kissell
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John Mitchum
as Deputy
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John Merrick
as Sheriff
