The Atomic Kid

The Atomic Kid (1954)

It's a Laugh Explosion!

A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring.

Date of release
1954-12-08
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Leslie H. Martinson

Casting

Interesting facts

The Atomic Kid is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson and starring Mickey Rooney and Robert Strauss. It was distributed by Republic Pictures and produced by Maurice Duke and Mickey Rooney.

Production

The film's screenplay is based on a story by Blake Edwards.

Mickey Rooney's character Barnaby "Blix" Waterberry wanders into an atomic test site, and, as one reviewer describes, "Mannequins are depicted sitting around the dinner table in front of their plastic meal, awaiting the predetermined bomb drop ... Rooney remains with the mannequin family and discovers at the last minute that an atomic bomb will be detonated over his head.

Nurse Audrey Nelson (Elaine Devry), who marries "Blix" at the end, is the only female character in the film's opening credits and promotional posters, where she is billed as Elaine Davis. At the time The Atomic Kid was being filmed, Devry/Davis was married to Rooney in real life.

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