Nightbreaker

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Nightbreaker ★★★ 1989

Revelation of the U.S. government's deliberate exposure of servicemen to atomic bomb tests and the resulting radiation, in order to observe the effects on humans. Sheen and his son, Estevez, portray a U.S. doctor in the 1980s and the 1950s, respectively. 100m/C VHS . Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, Nicholas Pryor, Joe Pantoliano; D: Peter Markle; W: T.S. Cook; M: Peter Bernstein.

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