The Atomic City (1952)

• Director
  • Jerry Hopper
• Writer
  • Sydney Boehm(original screenplay)
• Stars
  • Gene Barry
  • Lydia Clarke
  • Michael Moore

  The city of the title is Los Alamos, where nuclear physicist Gene Barry lives and works. Terrorists kidnap Barry's son and demand that the physicist turn over the H-bomb formula. It's cat-and-mouse for a while, but when the FBI gets on the case, the criminals haven't got a chance. Outdated almost before its release, The Atomic City is still effective on a purely melodramatic level. There's a particularly tense climax played out along the mountain mesas surrounding Los Alamos.