The Atomic Kid

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The Atomic Kid is a 1954 American comedy film starring Mickey Rooney as a man who survives a nuclear blast and gains bizarre powers, blending Cold War-era atomic anxieties with slapstick humor.

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instanceOf American comedy film
film
basedInPartOn contemporary fears about nuclear testing
cinematography Gordon Avil
countryOfOrigin United States
director Leslie H. Martinson
distributor Republic Pictures
editor William Austin
featuresTheme atomic energy
nuclear anxiety
slapstick humor
genre comedy film
science fiction comedy film
hasCharacter Audrey Nelson
Barnaby Collins
Rutherford
Sammy
hasMainCharacter Barnaby Collins
hasSetting Nevada desert
linked to: Nevada deserts
medium black-and-white film
musicBy Herschel Burke Gilbert
notableFor comic treatment of atomic bomb testing
starring vehicle for Mickey Rooney in the 1950s
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A man survives an atomic bomb test and gains strange powers, becoming the focus of government and criminal interest.
producer Nat Perrin
productionCompany Republic Pictures
releaseDate 1954-12-14
releaseYear 1954
runtimeMinutes 86
screenwriter Blake Edwards
Richard L. Breen
Sidney Sheldon
setInPeriod Cold War
starring Elaine Devry
Hal March
Mickey Rooney
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Strauss
Whit Bissell

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Elaine Devry notableWork The Atomic Kid
Leander Eugene Berg notableWork The Atomic Kid (1954 film)
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The Atomic Kid title The Atomic Kid
subject linked to: The Atomic Kid (1954 film)