Underplayed Gems

Nightbreaker (1989)

Nightbreaker poster
Directed by
Peter Markle
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A neurologist confronts his past as a soldier who witnessed nuclear tests in the 1950s. The film shifts between his present-day guilt and the military secrecy surrounding the atomic experiments.

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What happens

Nightbreaker (also known as Advance to Ground Zero) is a 1989 American historical drama television film directed by Peter Markle and written by T. S. Cook, inspired by the book Atomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments by Howard L. Rosenberg. The film stars Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez as older and younger versions of fictional neurologist Alexander Brown. It also stars Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, and Joe Pantoliano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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