The Atomic City Page #6

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
41 Views


No. They want us alive

only to answer questions,

questions we can't answer.

I want to stay alive every minute I can.

Me, too.

We're coming out!

Don't shoot!

[gunshots]

Aah!

[gun clicking]

Where's the boy?

In there. Take him out.

We'll need something to break through.

I'll put in a call.

Tommy.

Tommy! Tommy!

Tommy.

Tommy!

Bowen, this is Farley.

We'll need pickaxes and crowbars

to open up a side cave.

How long will it take you

to make the round trip?

About 20 minutes.

Wilson, have everything

ready for the helicopter.

The boy's buried in one of the side caves.

We can't tell if he's alive.

He hasn't answered our call.

Helicopter to mesa. Hurry. Come in.

Go ahead, Bowen.

The boy's out on a ledge below the mesa.

I'm right above him. Get there fast.

He can't hang on very long.

Stay with him, Bowen. We'll be right there.

We can drive around there.

Inspector, Bowen sees the boy!

All right, Davis, attach it to that tree.

All right.

Sorry, doctor. We can't risk losing you.

I can't let you.

Even if I have to use force,

you're not going over.

Farley will get the boy.

Tommy! Don't.

Give me some slack.

Tommy, this is dad!

Tommy, this is dad!

Tommy!

Tommy, this is dad!

No, don't look up, son.

Just stay there quietly--

very quietly.

Hang on, Tommy!

Hang on!

Don't let go, Tommy!

Russ will get you!

I'll be right over there

in a minute, Tommy. Hang on.

Just a few seconds more, Tommy.

Hang on. Don't slip. Hang on.

They're going to make it.

They're going to make it.

Tommy.

Tommy baby.

Dad.

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!

Tommy.

Aw, mom, I wasn't scared.

We were, Tommy. We were, Tommy.

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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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