The Atomic City
HELD FOR RANSOM! Kidnappers demand atomic secrets!
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5/1/1952Runtime
85 minsOverview
Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula.
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A lean Cold War thriller that tightens the screws on a father forced to choose between his child and national security. The stakes are brutally simple and the clock is always ticking.
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Gene Barry
Dr. Frank Addison
Lydia Clarke
Martha Addison
Michael Moore
Russ Farley
Nancy Gates
Ellen Haskell
Lee Aaker
Tommy Addison
Milburn Stone
Insp. Harold Mann
Bert Freed
Emil Jablons
Frank Cady
F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
Houseley Stevenson Jr.
'Greg' Gregson
Leonard Strong
Donald Clark
Jerry Hausner
John Pattiz
John Damler
Dr. Peter Rassett
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