Day One
This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind.
1989-05-12 | 141 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Brian DennehyGen. Leslie Groves
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David StrathairnJ. Robert Oppenheimer
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Michael TuckerLeo Szilard
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Hume CronynJames F. Byrnes
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Richard DysartPresident Harry S. Truman
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Hal HolbrookGen. George Marshall
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Barnard HughesHenry Stimson
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John McMartinDr. Arthur Compton
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David Ogden StiersFranklin D. Roosevelt
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Anne TwomeyKitty Oppenheimer
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Lawrence Dane
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Ron FrazierColonel Pash
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Olek KrupaEdward Teller
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Bernie McInerney
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Ken PogueDwight D. Eisenhower
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Gary ReinekeGroves's Commanding Officer
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Alan Scarfe
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John SeitzRalph A. Bard
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Tony ShalhoubEnrico Fermi
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