City of Fear (1959)

City of Fear is a 1959 crime thriller film about an escaped convict who acquires a canister of radioactive material, prompting a citywide search as he eludes capture. The film takes place in Los Angeles in the 1950s and follows the fugitive as he navigates through a series of dangerous situations and encounters vicious criminals. As time runs out, the protagonist must race against the clock to evade the law enforcement and avoid the deadly consequences of the radioactive fallout.