{"id":37865,"date":"2024-12-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=37865"},"modified":"2024-12-02T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:36:52","slug":"5-steps-to-danger-1957-starring-ruth-roman-sterling-hayden-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=37865","title":{"rendered":"“5 Steps to Danger” (1957) starring Ruth Roman & Sterling Hayden \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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5 Steps to Danger <\/i>(1957)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director: \u00a0Henry S. Kesler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Henry S. Kesler; <\/strong>story by Donald Hamilton, Turnley Walker; <\/strong>based on The Steel Mirror <\/em>by Donald Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Peter Hansen, John Mitchum, Leonard Bremen, Sidney Clute<\/strong>\u00a0and Ken Curtis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline:\u00a0 First she lured him into her car … then she let him taste her lips … and then … THE TERROR BEGAN !<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

John Emmett has just learned that his car is beyond repair.\u00a0 John sells it to the mechanic and asks about the nearest bus station.\u00a0 Ann Nicholson overheard John’s problem and offers him a ride.\u00a0 She’s driving to Santa Fe.\u00a0 Ann suggests John ride with her.\u00a0 They can split the drive time and motor straight through the night.\u00a0 John agrees.<\/p>\n

When they stop for gas, a woman, claiming to be a nurse approaches John.\u00a0 The woman says that Ann has mental issues. The woman claims Ann is a patient of Dr. Frederick Simmons.\u00a0 John isn’t sure what to believe and says nothing to Ann.<\/p>\n

Later, Ann and John are pulled over by two cops.\u00a0 They begin to question Ann about a murder in Los Angeles.\u00a0 She argues with a cop and in the struggle the policeman is knocked down the embankment.\u00a0 The other cop handcuffs Ann to John.\u00a0 The cop and John struggle and John knocks him down the hill.\u00a0 Ann and John take off.<\/p>\n

On the run from the police, Ann tells John that she accidentally discovered a foreign government’s plot against the US.\u00a0 Ann says that she has important scientific information that she must get to trusted authorities.\u00a0 John is unsure if Ann is mentally unstable, a murderess or a patriot on the run.<\/p>\n

One thing John does know, is that he’s now a wanted man.\u00a0 His life may depend on unraveling the mystery that is Ann Nicholson.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wilder’s Garage<\/em> in the opening scene was named that as a nod to Billy Wilder who opened Ace in the Hole<\/em> with a similar scene.<\/p>\n

Werner Klemperer went on to fame as Colonel Klink on Hogan’s Heroes<\/em>.\u00a0 FBI Agent Jim Anderson is played (uncredited) by Ken Curtis who became famous as Festus on Gunsmoke<\/em>.<\/p>\n

5 Steps to Danger <\/i>(1957)<\/strong> <\/em>rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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