The Atomic City (1952)
The Atomic City (1952)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6800 kbps | 5.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:25:00 | USA | Thriller, Drama
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6800 kbps | 5.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:25:00 | USA | Thriller, Drama
An atomic scientist's son is kidnapped by enemy agents.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Michael Moore, Nancy Gates, Lee Aaker, Milburn Stone, Bert Freed, Frank Cady, Houseley Stevenson Jr., Leonard Strong, Jerry Hausner, John Damler, George Lynn, Olan Soule, Anthony Warde, Don Brodie, Norman Budd, Mary Carroll, James Conaty, Joe Dominguez, Bonnie Kay Eddy, Dick Elliott, Tommy Farrell, Roy Gordon, Greta Granstedt, Thomas Browne Henry, Michael Jeffers, Paul Lees, Louis Lettieri, Mike Mahoney
Nuclear physicist Frank Addison (Gene Barry, The War of the Worlds) and his wife are living every parent’s worst nightmare: their son Tommy (Lee Aaker, TV’s The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin) has been kidnapped. The kidnapper’s ransom demands are the secrets behind the H-bomb! The desperate scramble to rescue Tommy unfolds at a rapid pace in The Atomic City… from the streets of Los Angeles to cliff dwelling of Santa Fe; the real-life locations provide the vivid backdrops for this taut and suspenseful thriller. Director Jerry Hopper (Pony Express) makes his feature film debut.
The Atomic City (1952)
The Atomic City (1952)
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After the dawning of the nuclear age with the unveiling of the atomic bomb and the subsequent "Cold War" that developed between the United States and Russia, American movies began to reflect the growing fear of nuclear annihilation, Communist infiltration and the paranoia generated by the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations of the late forties. Among the many features inspired by these concerns in the early fifties were sci-fi thrillers such as Red Planet Mars [1952] and Them! [1954], allegories (Five [1951], Invasion, U.S.A. [1952]), crime dramas (Split Second [1953], The Woman on Pier 13 [1949]) and even comedies (Mickey Rooney as The Atomic Kid [1954]). Yet one of the most overlooked and underrated features in this unique group was The Atomic City (1952), a superior B-movie melodrama set in Los Alamos, New Mexico, within the high security and insular community of working scientists and their families.
The Atomic City (1952)
The Atomic City (1952)
The Atomic City (1952)
