Overview - Nightbreaker

Overview

Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man uncover the truth? In 1950's Nevada, Brown is a young psychiatrist and a guest of the U.S. Army, where soldiers were routinely exposed to excessive radiation. The young Brown and a colleague interview soldiers, who show their ignorance and insouciance in the face of this danger. The movie intercuts scenes between the young Alexander Brown and older Alexander Brown, some thirty years after the nuclear tests. Will the decorated psychiatrist finally speak out on the atrocity he witnessed?

Cast

• Name: Martin Sheen

  Character: Dr. Alexander Brown - Present

  Popularity: 3.0536

  

• Name: Emilio Estevez

  Character: Dr. Alexander Brown - Past

  Popularity: 2.1375

  

• Name: Lea Thompson

  Character: Sally Matthews

  Popularity: 2.284

  

• Name: Melinda Dillon

  Character: Paula Brown

  Popularity: 0.8421

  

• Name: Joe Pantoliano

  Character: Sgt. Jack Russell

  Popularity: 3.2604

  

• Name: Paul Eiding

  Character: Dr. Roscoe Cummings

  Popularity: 0.8558

  

• Name: Geoffrey Blake

  Character: Python

  Popularity: 0.665

  

• Name: James Marshall

  Character: Barney Immerman

  Popularity: 1.2026