Advance to Ground Zero

March. 08,1989      
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Dr. Alexander Brown (Martin Sheen) arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man uncover the truth? In 1950's Nevada, Brown (played by Emilio Estevez) is a young psychiatrist and a guest of the U.S. Army, where soldiers were routinely exposed to excessive radiation. The young Brown and a colleague interview soldiers, who show their ignorance and insouciance in the face of this danger. The movie intercuts scenes between the young Alexander Brown and older Alexander Brown, some thirty years after the nuclear tests. Will the decorated psychiatrist finally speak out on the atrocity he witnessed?

Martin Sheen as  Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Emilio Estevez as  Dr. Alexander Brown - Past
Lea Thompson as  Sally Matthews
Melinda Dillon as  Paula Brown
Joe Pantoliano as  Sgt. Jack Russell
Paul Eiding as  Dr. Roscoe Cummings
Geoffrey Blake as  Python
James Marshall as  Barney Immerman
Ricky Dean Logan as  Private Roberto
Nicholas Pryor as  Colonel William Devereaux