The Atomic Kid is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson and starring Mickey Rooney and Robert Strauss. It was distributed by Republic Pictures and produced by Maurice Duke and Mickey Rooney. Plot While uranium prospector "Blix" Waterberry is in the desert, eating a peanut butter sandwich, he wanders into an active atomic bomb test site and is accidentally exposed to radiation from a direct overhead A-bomb blast. He miraculously survives, becoming radioactive, and in the process gaining special powers. He is then recruited for his powers by the FBI to help break up a spy ring. After helping to capture the spy ring, Bix and his former nurse decide to get married. They head toward Las Vegas and get lost in the desert along the way. They stop at a lone ranch-style house they come upon to ask for directions, only to discover that the house is open and mannequins have been placed in the furnished house. Bix has somehow driven into another active atomic bomb test site! In a dead panic, he hurriedly drives himself and his fiance away from ground zero before history has a chance to repeat itself. Cast Mickey Rooney as Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry Robert Strauss as Stan Cooper Elaine Devry as Audrey Nelson Bill Goodwin as Dr. Rodell Robert Emmett Keane as Mr. Reynolds Whit Bissell as Dr. Edgar Pangborn Joey Forman as MP in hospital Dan Riss as Jim, FBI Chief Agent Peter Leeds as FBI Agent Bill Hal March as FBI Agent Ray George E. Mather as 1st Sergeant Fay Roope as Gen. Lawlor Bill Welsh as Commentator Stanley Adams as Wildcat Hooper Robert Nichols as Bob (Technician) Paul Dubov as Anderson (advertising agent) Peter Brocco as Comrade Mosley Trustin Howard as Corporal Charles J. Conrad as Scientist Sig Frohlich as Photographer Milton Frome as Communications man Production The film's screenplay is based on a story by Blake Edwards. Rooney's character "Blix" Waterberry wanders into an atomic test site, and, as one reviewer describes, "Mannequins are depicted sitting around the dinner table in front of their plastic meal, awaiting the predetermined bomb drop ... Rooney remains with the mannequin family and discovers at the last minute that an atomic bomb will be detonated over his head. In a deliberately humorous scene, Rooney frantically tries to find a place to hide from the approaching explosion, only to