The Atomic City Page #2

Synopsis: At Los Alamos, New Mexico, the maximum-security "atomic city" of U.S. nuclear-weapons research, top atomic scientist Frank Addison has a normal, middle-American life with his wife and son...until the boy is kidnapped by enemy agents to extort H-bomb secrets. Result, a fast moving chase thriller with some parental soul-searching.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Jerry Hopper
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.2
UNRATED
Year:
1952
85 min
39 Views


Good morning, doctor. Hiya, mike.

How's Tommy?

Fine, thanks.

Good.

The square dance comes directly

from the Hungarian char dash.

No, no, no. From the English folk dance.

No, from the char dash.

Almost step for step, it is the same. Huh?

Completely different. Not the same.

All right, but it takes a man

and a woman to demonstrate properly.

Mrs. Schambach and I

will show you tonight at the dance.

Gus, I'm looking forward to it.

[bell rings]

Hello, doctor.

The neutron monitors

have been checked, dr. Addison.

Adjust the synchroscope, please.

Let me have the neutron level up to 3r.

All side checks, doctor.

Dr. Schambach. Yes?

We're going to ease out the control rods.

[music playing]

All right, children, this way.

Almost time for the puppet show and prizes.

Come on, we'll all sit together. Come on.

Come on.

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Ah, ah... Ah!

[laughter]

[children laugh]

Ah!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Well... Are we all ready

for the big drawing?

Yeah! Yes! Yes! Yeah!

All right, all right.

Now our very good friend mrs. Ostrich

will pick the first winner.

Now, the very first little lucky

boy or girl is going to win

this handsome, chrome-finished,

ultramodern bicycle,

so kindly donated by the acme

bicycle sales and rental shop,

28 San Pueblo Avenue.

You may pick the first winner,

mrs. Ostrich.

Thomas Addison.

Oh! Gol!

Thomas Addison?

Thomas Addison?

If Tommy Addison's not here,

we'll hold his prize till next Saturday.

One week from today

is the final day to claim the prizes.

Peggy, where's Tommy?

I don't know, miss Haskell.

Wasn't he sitting next to you?

Yes.

When did he leave? Didn't you see him go?

No. I was watching the puppets.

All right, now, wait a minute.

Now, pick the next card, mrs. Ostrich.

[carrousel music plays]

You're home early.

Little bit.

Everything all right?

Sure, fine.

It's here, huh?

I didn't know where you wanted to put it.

There's a long cord. We can decide later.

[static]

There's nothing on till 5:00.

Darling, there is something wrong.

Gus Schambach was burned...

Overexposed to radiation.

Oh, I'm sorry.

How bad is it?

They can't tell yet. Not for a few days.

Frank... Yeah?

Why do we stay here?

Now, wait a minute, honey.

I'm not that upset.

Gus will be back in the lab

in a week or two.

Don't you ever get tired

of the barbed wire...

having an FBI man on your heels

every time you step out of the main gate?

And the signs...

"Contaminated area. Restricted area.

"Don't give classified information.

Don't talk to strangers."

Don't do this, don't do that.

I diagnose this as a mild case of jitters

brought on by one inattentive husband

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Sydney Boehm

Sydney Boehm (April 4, 1908 – June 25, 1990) was an American screenwriter and producer. Boehm began his writing career as a newswriter for wire services and newspapers before moving on to screenwriting. His films include High Wall (1947), Anthony Mann-directed Side Street (1950), the sci-fi film When Worlds Collide (1951), and the crime drama The Big Heat (1953), for which Boehm won a 1954 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Boehm was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1908 and died in Woodland Hills, California on June 25, 1990 at age 82. more…

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