31 Jan 1954
World for Ransom
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
Top Billed Cast
Ruth Roman Shelley Carnes
Richard Todd Richard Trevelyan
Mercedes McCambridge Liza McStringer
Zachary Scott Harvey Fortescue Turner
Frank Conroy J.D. Nolan
Kathryn Givney Myra Nolan
Rhys Williams Father Paul
Darryl Hickman String
Nacho Galindo Pedro
Marjorie Bennett Drug Store Customer
Ralph Byrd Jack Ross
Frank Cady Gas Station Man
Irene Calvillo Raquel
Leo Cleary Editor
Eileen Coghlan Gossip
Byron Foulger Hummel
Joaquin Garay Johnny Lopez
Sumner Getchell Rancher
Ned Glass Tom
Dick Gordon Prison Guard
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