A State of Emergency

Synopsis

This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests will set off an atomic chain reaction that will obliterate the world. Carmody travels to Portugal where he tries talks to one of the women who in 1911 saw a vision of the Virgin Mary that spoke to her and her two companions about the future. Carmody is certain that the Virgin Mary predicted the very chain reaction he and his co-worker Dr. Kenneth Parrish (Peter Firth) envision. Failing in his attempt to talk to the woman, Carmody then travels to Paris and elsewhere, warning Soviet and American officials that the tests they are planning should be cancelled before they become their last.

Main Cast

Martin Sheen

Alex Carmody

Age : 83 | Popularity : 23%

Peter Firth

Ken Parrish

Age : 70 | Popularity : 10%

Fionnula Flanagan

Diane Carmody

Age : 82 | Popularity : 12%

Ramon Estevez

Brian Carmody

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

William Hootkins

Earl Linton

Age : 57 | Popularity : 7%

Tim Pigott-Smith

Father Joe Ryan

Age : 70 | Popularity : 12%

Frances Tomelty

Jackie Hampton

Age : 75 | Popularity : 16%

François Guétary

Jean-Pierre Belair

Age : 68 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Production Design	Willy Holt
Sound	Music	Georges Garvarentz
	Sound Editor	Jean Goudier
Editing	Editor	Catherine Kelber
Camera	Director of Photography	Willy Kurant
	Camera Car	Angelo Chinosi
Crew	Cinematography	Willy Kurant
Directing	Director	Richard C. Bennett
	Script Coordinator	Claudine Strasser
Production	Producer	Richard C. Bennett
	Production Coordinator	Marie McFerran
Writing	Writer	Ray Cunneff Tom Guggino
Department	Role	Name

Join the discussion