The teachers and students of a countryside elementary school are thrown into a panic when an air raid siren goes off, warning them of a imminent nuclear attack.
Direction
Perry's documentary-style panic feels illegally real
Acting
Actual children, actual terror, zero Hollywood safety net
Writing
Based on a real incident the government tried to bury
Director
Frank Perry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the Cuban Missile Crisis; cast and crew genuinely believed nuclear war was weeks away.
The government suppressed the original 1956 incident—this film is practically classified document cosplay.
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