The Hours Count

The lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, executed as "atom spies" in 1953, are recounted through the eyes of a fictional neighbor. Millie, a young mother dealing with a mute child and a distant, older Russian immigrant husband, befriends the Rosenbergs in 1947. This is a time of fear in the United States, with the threat of nuclear war and Sen. Joseph McCarthy's hunt for communists. At a cocktail party at the Rosenbergs' home, Millie meets Dr. Jake Gold, who wants to work with her son, David. Soon she is drawn to this warm and caring man, so different from her husband, Ed. When the search for "Reds" turns to the Rosenbergs, Millie is caught in a world of secrets. Where does Ed go every day if not to work? Is Jake helping her son out of kindness or does he have another motive? Is Ethel a housewife or a spy? Caught in a dangerous situation as her friends are arrested, Millie doesn't know whom to trust.