Nightbreaker

Nightbreaker (1989)

DramaTV Movie

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?

Director: Peter Markle

Casts

	Martin Sheen as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
	Emilio Estevez as Dr. Alexander Brown - Past
	Lea Thompson as Sally Matthews
	Melinda Dillon as Paula Brown
	Joe Pantoliano as Sgt. Jack Russell
	Paul Eiding as Dr. Roscoe Cummings
	Geoffrey Blake as Python
	James Marshall as Barney Immerman
	Ricky Dean Logan as Private Roberto
	Nicholas Pryor as Colonel William Devereaux
	Michael Laskin as Dr. Hatch
	Tom Bower as Dan Cutter
	Alan Toy as Dr. Rosenberg
	Frank Beddor as Major Frank Brady

Crew