''Panic in the City'' is a 1968 American

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directed by Eddie Davis and written by Eddie Davis and Charles E. Savage. The film is about nuclear weapons, set and filmed on location in

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in 1967. The film stars

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, Oscar Beregi Jr. and Gregory Morton. The film was released in October 1968.

Plot

An agent of the National Bureau of Investigation, Dave Pomeroy, investigates the death of a European nuclear scientist and discovers a

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plot to detonate a

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in order to instigate

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. Once the bomb is activated and Pomeroy receives a lethal dose of

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from it, he sacrifices himself to save the city by flying the bomb out over the

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in a helicopter.

Cast

as Dave Pomeroy *

as Dr. Paula Stevens *

as James Kincade *

as August Best *

as Myra Pryor * Oscar Beregi Jr. as Dr. Paul Cerbo *Gregory Morton as Steadman *

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as Goff *

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as Ernest *

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as Dr. Milton Becker * Steve Franken as Hal Johnson *

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as Police Lt. Brady

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* * 1968 films 1960s thriller films American thriller films Films about nuclear war and weapons United Pictures Corporation Films scored by Paul Dunlap American neo-noir films Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Los Angeles Films critical of communism Cold War films Films about World War III Films directed by Eddie Davis 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{1960s-thriller-film-stub

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