close his eyes and stick his fingers in his ears as the bomb goes off". Nurse Audrey Nelson (Elaine Devry), who marries "Blix" at the end, is the only female character in the film's opening credits and promotional posters, where she is billed as "Elaine Davis". At the time The Atomic Kid was being filmed, Devry/Davis was married to Mickey Rooney in real life. In popular culture This is the feature film showing in 1955 at the fictional Town Theater in the fictional Hill Valley in 1985's science fiction comedy Back to the Future. References Bibliography Ted Okuda, "The Atomic Kid: Radioactivity Finds Andy Hardy" in Science Fiction America: Essays on SF Cinema (edited by David J. Hogan; McFarland, 2006), pp. 120–129. Bill Warren. Keep Watching The Skies, Vol I: 1950–1957. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1982. . David Wingrove, Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985). External links 1954 films American science fiction comedy films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Leslie H. Martinson Films about nuclear war and weapons Republic Pictures films 1950s science fiction comedy films 1950s American films