This Is Not a Test

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A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.

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Trivia
At approximately the 14:00 mark, a character asks aloud if "CONELRAD knows what's going on," then several characters rush over to their cars to tune in their radios. Between 1951-63, CONELRAD (Control of Electromagnetic Radiation) was an emergency broadcast system set up to inform American citizens in the event of an enemy attack during the Cold War. In such an emergency, all US television and FM radio stations were required to stop broadcasting. Upon alert, most AM medium-wave stations would shut down; the stations that stayed on the air would transmit emergency information at either AM 640 or AM 1240--iin fact, most radios manufactured during this time even had special marks printed on their dials at the 640 and 1240 spots). In 1963, CONELRAD was replaced by EBS (Emergency Broadcast System), and in 1997, EBS was replaced by EAS (Emergency Alert System).

Goofs
After a red alert is announced on the police radio both June and the deputy continue to refer to a yellow alert.

Quotes
Cheryl Hudson: Wake up, Joe. I think our luck just ran out.
Joe Baragi: I'm not sleepin', baby. I'm just too much of a coward to keep my eyes open when you're drivin'. Dig?

Crazy credits
Because the cast was largely unknown, the opening credits list only the director and crew. No actor names appear.

Connections
Edited into Pale Moonlight Theater: This Is Not a Test (2017)

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Very interesting low budget nuclear war drama that you should see.

This film takes place on a stretch of lonely highway where a bull headed state trooper has been ordered to set up a road block. Strange messages broadcast from the radio. A nuclear war is on the way. Holding back a group of stranded motorists that arrive at the road block, the state trooper soon begins to lose control of the situation. The film deals with the various reactions of an odd assortment of characters when they realize the end is coming. Being a low budget film with a cast of some professionals and amateurs, the performances are uneven. The dialogue ranges from good to silly. But the film is intelligent and well made on a small budget. The films makers did not attempt to do anything that could not be done with the limited budget they had, and instead decided to tell a simple but intelligent story. This film is hard to find and I was lucky to find a copy of it at my local video store. Don't believe what critic John Stanley says about this film. If it turns up on T.V. or you can find a video copy, by all means see this film!