Acting
Ruth Roman's side-eye game is Oscar-worthy in a B-picture.
Cinematography
Desert highways never looked this ominously cheap.
Direction
Kesler keeps 81 minutes tighter than most 140-minute bloated messes.
Director
Henry S. Kesler
Ruth Roman
Ann Hemple Nicholson
Sterling Hayden
John Emmett
Werner Klemperer
Dr. Frederick Simmons
Richard Gaines
Dean William Brant
Charles Davis
Edward Manning Kirkpatrick aka Kirk
Jeanne Cooper
Helen Bethke
Peter Hansen
Karl Plesser
Karl Ludwig Lindt
Dr. Reinhart Kissel
John Mitchum
Bud--Deputy Sheriff
John Frederick
Sheriff
Leonard Bremen
Collision Shop Owner (uncredited)
Sidney Clute
Mechanic (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
FBI Agent Jim Anderson (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Motel Owner (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of five films Sterling Hayden made in 1956 alone — the man was practically a one-man studio.
Shot during peak HUAC hysteria, the film's 'scientist with secrets' plot mirrors real cases of academic persecution.
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