United Artists
Directed by Frank Perry
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
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When an alarm indicating imminent nuclear attack goes off in a rural school, the teachers escort the children home according their plan. At first they assume it is a drill, but when other schools report the same alarm they begin to think it is real. The children gradually become scared and as we follow them home we see how they cope with the situation. The tension is defused somewhat about halfway through when a short is blamed for the faulty alarm but the teachers and children cannot be reached. However, watch out for that ending!
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