Atomic Attack

Home Drama Atomic Attack

On May 18, 1954, The Motorola Television Hour presented Atomic Attack, a gripping portrayal of a suburban family struggling to survive after a nuclear bomb is dropped on U.S. soil. Fifty miles away from a decimated New York City, the Mitchell family are trapped inside their house, with looters and poisonous radioactive fallout right outside their door. As the hours drag on, their nerves are stretched to the breaking point, as they realize that not all of them will survive this holocaust.

Drama

Directed by

Ralph Nelson

Starring

Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Keith, Walter Matthau