Day One (1989)
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
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Writing:
Stars:
- Joseph Sargent
Writing:
- David W. Rintels
- Peter Wyden
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Release Date: 1989-05-12
6.5/10
6.5/10
- Country: CA, US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 141
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Henry Stimson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lord Rutherford
Ralph A. Bard
Ed Condon
J. Robert Oppenheimer
President Harry S. Truman
Edward Teller
Leo Szilard
Gen. Leslie Groves
James F. Byrnes
Gen. George Marshall
Dr. Arthur Compton
Kitty Oppenheimer
Colonel Pash
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Groves's Commanding Officer
Enrico Fermi
Colonel Nichols
Richard Feynman
Hans Bethe
Klaus Fuchs
Colonel Lansdale
Mrs. Wisnovsky
Jack Wisnovsky
Robert Serber
William 'Deke' Parsons
Captain DeSilva
Army Major
Kenneth Bainbridge
Chemist
Army General
Scientist (uncredited)
Leo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)
Robert Wilson