A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.
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Michael Greene
- Joe Baragi
- (as Mike Green)
Carole Kent
- Karen Barnes
- (as Carol Kent)
Norman Bishop
- Looter
- (as Norm Bishop)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt approximately the 14:00 mark, a character asks aloud if "CONELRAD knows what's going on," then several characters rush over to their cars to tune in their radios. Between 1951-63, CONELRAD (Control of Electromagnetic Radiation) was an emergency broadcast system set up to inform American citizens in the event of an enemy attack during the Cold War. In such an emergency, all US television and FM radio stations were required to stop broadcasting. Upon alert, most AM medium-wave stations would shut down; the stations that stayed on the air would transmit emergency information at either AM 640 or AM 1240--iin fact, most radios manufactured during this time even had special marks printed on their dials at the 640 and 1240 spots). In 1963, CONELRAD was replaced by EBS (Emergency Broadcast System), and in 1997, EBS was replaced by EAS (Emergency Alert System).
- GoofsAfter a red alert is announced on the police radio both June and the deputy continue to refer to a yellow alert.
- Quotes
Cheryl Hudson: Wake up, Joe. I think our luck just ran out.
Joe Baragi: I'm not sleepin', baby. I'm just too much of a coward to keep my eyes open when you're drivin'. Dig?
- Crazy creditsBecause the cast was largely unknown, the opening credits list only the director and crew. No actor names appear.
- ConnectionsEdited into Pale Moonlight Theater: This Is Not a Test (2017)
Featured review
Atomic-age film noir.
People who are expecting a science-fiction plot will be much disappointed by this B&W suspense film, set entirely at a highway roadblock at night. The plot elements of a hard-boiled detective story (escaped murderer, faithless alcoholic wife trolling for danger) are fitted into the nuclear holocaust environment typical of the late 1950s and early 1960s America. The success of the Soviet Union's Sputnik in 1957 and the perceived threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 form the framework of a story of little people whose lives are overtaken by events they cannot control. "Thirteen Days" (2000) would be a suitable "A" film to this low-budget "B" film in order to supply the background of tension missing to the contemporary viewer who comes upon this film with no forewarning.
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- gkallen7
- Oct 22, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Esto no es un simulacro
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles County, California, USA(roadblock)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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