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The Atomic Cafe

(1982)

March 17, 1982• 1h 26m
73%
TMDB Score

Overview

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Jayne Loader

Director

Top Billed Cast

HST

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

LBJ

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

NK

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

LS

Lewis Strauss

Self (archive footage)

JR

Julius Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

ER

Ethel Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

PT

Paul Tibbets

Self (archive footage)

LB

Lloyd Bentsen

Self (archive footage)

Official Trailer

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