Atomic Kid (1954)
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The Atomic Kid strives mightily to wring laughs from the otherwise humorless topic of atomic radiation. Mickey Rooney (who also produced the film) and Robert Strauss play a couple of brainless prospectors who stumble upon a A-bomb testing site. Led to believe that the area is rich with uranium,… More The Atomic Kid strives mightily to wring laughs from the otherwise humorless topic of atomic radiation. Mickey Rooney (who also produced the film) and Robert Strauss play a couple of brainless prospectors who stumble upon a A-bomb testing site. Led to believe that the area is rich with uranium, Strauss goes off to stake a claim, while Rooney relaxes in a "test" house. Before long, a bomb is dropped, a mushroom cloud sprouts in the desert. . .and Rooney emerges from the rubble unharmed. Later on, however, our hero discovers that he's so full of radiation that he glows in the dark, which makes him both dangerous and world-famous. The plot then veers into Cold War territory as Rooney routs a nest of Soviet spies, led by Robert Emmet Keane. The leading lady of the proceedings is Elaine Davis, Mickey Rooney's then-wife (her marital status, transitory though it may have been, was emphasized in the film's opening credits) Believe it or not, this monumentally unfunny comedy was based on a story by Blake Edwards. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Leslie H. Martinson, Leslie Martinson
- Written By
- Blake Edwards, Benedict Freedman
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
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Cast
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Mickey Rooney
as Blix Waterberry
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Robert Strauss
as Stan Cooper
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Elaine Davis
as Audrey Nelson
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Bill Goodwin
as Dr. Rodell
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Whit Bissell
as Dr. Edgar Pangborn
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Joey Forman
as MP in Hospital
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Hal March
as Ray
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Peter Leeds
as Bill
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Fay Roope
as Gen. Lawler
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Stanley Adams
as Wildcat Hooper
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Peter Brocco
as Mr. Mosley
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Paul Dubov
as Mr. Anderson
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Milton Frome
as Communications Man
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Don Haggerty
as Lieutenant
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Robert Emmett Keane
as Mr. Reynolds
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George E. Mather
as 1st Sergeant
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Robert Nichols
as Technician
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Dan Riss
as Jim
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Billy Snyder
as Croupier
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Ray Walker
as Newspaperman
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Bill Welsh
as Commentator
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Dick Winslow
as 2nd Sergeant
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Slick Slavin
as Corporal
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Sig Frohlich
as Photographer
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Charles Conrad
as Scientist
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Allan Ray
as 1st M.P
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Tommy Walker
as Enlisted Man
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Guy Way
as Lieutenant
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Frank Richards
as Thug
