The Atomic Kid

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The Atomic Kid is a 1954 American comedy film starring Mickey Rooney as a man who survives a nuclear blast and gains bizarre powers, blending Cold War-era atomic anxieties with slapstick humor.

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The Atomic Kid canonical 2
The Atomic Kid (1954 film) 1

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instanceOf American comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedInPartOn contemporary fears about nuclear testing ⓘ
cinematography Gordon Avil ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Leslie H. Martinson ⓘ
distributor Republic Pictures ⓘ
editor William Austin ⓘ
featuresTheme atomic energy ⓘ
nuclear anxiety ⓘ
slapstick humor ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
science fiction comedy film ⓘ
hasCharacter Audrey Nelson ⓘ
Barnaby Collins ⓘ
Rutherford ⓘ
Sammy ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Barnaby Collins ⓘ
hasSetting Nevada desert ⓘ
linked to: Nevada deserts
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
musicBy Herschel Burke Gilbert ⓘ
notableFor comic treatment of atomic bomb testing ⓘ
starring vehicle for Mickey Rooney in the 1950s ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A man survives an atomic bomb test and gains strange powers, becoming the focus of government and criminal interest. ⓘ
producer Nat Perrin ⓘ
productionCompany Republic Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1954-12-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1954 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 86 ⓘ
screenwriter Blake Edwards ⓘ
Richard L. Breen ⓘ
Sidney Sheldon ⓘ
setInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
starring Elaine Devry ⓘ
Hal March ⓘ
Mickey Rooney ⓘ
Robert Emmett O'Connor ⓘ
Robert Strauss ⓘ
Whit Bissell ⓘ

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Elaine Devry → notableWork → The Atomic Kid ⓘ
Leander Eugene Berg → notableWork → The Atomic Kid (1954 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Atomic Kid
The Atomic Kid → title → The Atomic Kid ⓘ
subject linked to: The Atomic Kid (1954 film)