The Beginning or the End
1947The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
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Brian Donlevy
as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Robert Walker
as Col. Jeff Nixon
Tom Drake
as Matt Cochran
Beverly Tyler
as Anne Cochran
Hume Cronyn
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Audrey Totter
as Jean O'Leary
Hurd Hatfield
as Dr. John Wyatt
Joseph Calleia
as Dr. Enrico Fermi
Godfrey Tearle
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Victor Francen
as Dr. Marre
Richard Haydn
as Dr. Chisholm
Jonathan Hale
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
John Litel
as K.T. Keller
Henry O'Neill
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Warner Anderson
as Capt. William S. Parsons
Ellen Ross
as Waitress
Bobby Jordan
as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Jerry Schumacher
as Nazi Officer