Nightbreaker (film)
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| Directed by | Peter Markle |
| Produced by | Tony Garnett |
| Written by | Howard L. Rosenberg and T. S. Cook |
| Starring |
Martin Sheen Emilio Estevez Joe Pantoliano Lea Thompson |
| Music by | Peter Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Ronald Víctor García |
| Edited by | Stephen E. Rivkin |
| Distributed by | Turner Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nightbreaker (a.k.a. Advance to Ground Zero in the United Kingdom) is a 1989 television movie starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Joe Pantoliano and Lea Thompson.
Plot
Nightbreaker shows Dr. Alexander Brown (played by Sheen in framing scenes and Estevez in flashbacks) reflecting on his involvement in the exposure of American soldiers to radiation in the proving grounds in Nevada in the 1950s after he is approached by a man who is dying of cancer due to the tests.
Cast
- Martin Sheen as Alexander Brown (1980s)
- Emilio Estevez as Alexander Brown (1950s)
- Joe Pantoliano as Sergeant Jack Russell
- Lea Thompson as Sally Matthews
- Melinda Dillon as Paula Brown
- Paul Eiding as Roscoe Cummings
- Geoffrey Blake as Python
- James Marshall as Barney Immerman
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