I love a good 50's crime flick. CITY OF FEAR stars Vince Edwards (yes, Ben Casey himself) as a con who escapes from San Quentin and steals what he believes to be a canister of heroin from the hospital ward (thinking it to be for testing). He then hits Los Angeles and evades police as he sets about to sell the snow to a dealer. What he isn't aware of is that the canister actually contains Cobalt 60, a highly radioactive element in powder form that could almost immediately destroy the city if the container is opened. The police try to track Edwards down before that can happen. While not the all-time best of it's genre, it is a fairly taught little thriller that plays something like a cross between a Dragnet and a Science Fiction Theatre episode. I was fortunate enough to've taped dozens of these pictures off satellite TV back when I had it. Lyle Talbot co-stars.
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