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Episode no.
  
Episode 15

Story by
  
Judith Merril

Produced by
  
Herbert Brodkin

Directed by
  
Ralph Nelson

Teleplay by
  
David Davidson

Featured music
  
Ralph Norman

"Atomic Attack" is the fifteenth and penultimate installment of The Motorola Television Hour. Based upon the 1950 novel Shadow on the Hearth by Judith Merril, this teleplay covers the immediate aftermath of a nuclear attack on New York City from the perspective of a suburban family fifty miles from ground zero.

Contents

Cast

Starring
  • Phyllis Thaxter as Gladys Mitchell
  • Robert Keith as Garson Lee
  • Walter Matthau as Dr. Spinelli
    • Other Cast
  • Patsy Bruder as Barbara Mitchell
  • Patty McCormick as Ginny Mitchell
  • Audrey Christie as Mrs. Moore
  • Bill Kemp as Jim Turner
  • Elizabeth Ross as Mrs. Harvey
  • Daniel Reed as Mr. Flood
  • Virginia Gerry as Nancy

    • Crew

  • Director: Ralph Nelson
  • Producer: Herbert Brodkin
  • Technical Director: Philip Levins
  • Assistant to the Producer: Philip Barry, Jr.
  • Casting Director: Joan MacDonald
  • Art Director: James McNaughton
  • Settings: Fred Stover
  • Costumes: Alfred Lehman
  • Composer-Conductor: Ralph Norman
  • Lighting: Imero Fiorentino
  • Audio: William Blumel
  • Sound Effects: William McClintock
  • Video: Joseph Herbst and Rolf Drucker

    • References

    Atomic Attack Wikipedia
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