City of Fear
A vicious killer escapes from San Quentin with a canister of what he believes to be heroin but is actually a radioactive substance that threatens all Los Angeles.
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"A tawdry low budget pot boiler featuring dynamite performances by Vince Edwards and a similarly game supporting cast. I know Edwards is probably most famous for his heroic Ben Casey role, but he sure chewed up a lot of upholstery in movies like this one and MURDER BY CONTRACT the year before. A lot of the charm comes in watching this police procedural unfold. Lots of seedy low lives generally keep up the off color flavor and the suspense builds nicely over the course of time. Some of the discussion of radioactivity is dated, but the cannister makes a great macguffin for the gruff talking&apos..."
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In 2000 cobalt-60 was unwittingly exposed in a scrap metal dump in Thailand. Several of the workers became ill and subsequently died. This was the only recorded incident involving the radioactive substance.
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A vicious killer escapes from San Quentin with a canister of what he believes to be heroin but is actually a radioactive substance that threatens all Los Angeles.