nmstevens    965291 Sun, 08 Nov 09 05:11 PM There was a thread awhile ago about "atomic noir" movies that mixed film noir with themes of atomic anxiety and there was some reference to a movie about some people being held hostage in an abandoned town about to be destroyed by an imminent atomic test but some question about the title. Well, I just came across it. It's "Split Second" 1953, directed by Powell. NMS nmstevens Business, References, Career

	Wordsmith    965588 Sun, 08 Nov 09 11:32 PM "There was a thread awhile ago about "atomic noir" movies that mixed film noir with themes of atomic anxiety ... question about the title. Well, I just came across it. It's "Split Second" 1953, directed by Powell. NMS" I wanna see it. W : ) Wordsmith

	studio    968062 Wed, 11 Nov 09 05:09 AM "There was a thread awhile ago about "atomic noir" ... it. It's "Split Second" 1953, directed by Powell." "I wanna see it." Not widely available for sale or rental... but I'm pretty good at finding rare movies. You can get it here: http://www.yammeringmagpie.com/catalog/product info.php?products id=96 Sounds like a good movie. studio