5 Steps to Danger
Encyclopedia
5 Steps to Danger is a 1957 American
Cold War
spy film
. It was directed by Henry S. Kesler, and starred Ruth Roman
and Sterling Hayden
as traveling companions ensnared by secrets and enemy agents. Werner Klemperer
, Richard Gaines, Charles Davis, and Jeanne Cooper
co-starred. It was based on the novel The Steel Mirror
by Donald Hamilton
.
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
spy film
Spy film
The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy . Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, John Le Carré, Ian Fleming and Len Deighton...
. It was directed by Henry S. Kesler, and starred Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman was an American actress. One of her most memorable roles was in the Alfred Hitchcock 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train....
and Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr...
as traveling companions ensnared by secrets and enemy agents. Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer was a comedic and dramatic actor, best known for his role as Colonel Klink on the CBS television sitcom, Hogan's Heroes.-Early life:...
, Richard Gaines, Charles Davis, and Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper
Wilma Jeanne Cooper , best known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
co-starred. It was based on the novel The Steel Mirror
The Steel Mirror
-Film adaptation:Filmed as 5 Steps to Danger in 1957 starring Ruth Roman and Sterling Hayden.-Publication history:*1948, USA, The Saturday Evening Post, 8/21/1948, 8/28/1948, 9/4/1948, 9/11/1948, 9/18/1948, 9/25/1948, 10/2/1948, 10/9/1948, serial...
by Donald Hamilton
Donald Hamilton
Donald Bengtsson Hamilton was a U.S. writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction but also crime fiction and Westerns such as The Big Country...
.