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Nightbreaker (1989)

Nightbreaker (1989)

Drama TV Movie

How Close Can You Get To Hell?

Release Date: 1989, March 8
Directors: Peter Markle
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Geoffrey Blake, Lea Thompson, Martin Sheen, Paul Eiding, Nicholas Pryor, Emilio Estevez, Ricky Dean Logan, James Marshall, Tom Bower, Michael Laskin, Alan Toy

Overview:

Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man uncover the truth? In 1950's Nevada, Brown is a young psychiatrist and a guest of the U.S. Army, where soldiers were routinely exposed to excessive radiation. The young Brown and a colleague interview soldiers, who show their ignorance and insouciance in the face of this danger. The movie intercuts scenes between the young Alexander Brown and older Alexander Brown, some thirty years after the nuclear tests. Will the decorated psychiatrist finally speak out on the atrocity he witnessed?