Movie
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Released: March 24, 2008 (2008)
Runtime: 109 minutes
Genres: Documentary, History
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Freeman Dyson as Self
Age at release: 84
- Richard Rhodes as Self
Age at release: 70
- Martin J. Sherwin as Self
Age at release: 70
- Daniel Gerroll as Colonel Pash
Age at release: 56
- Boyd Gaines as Chairman Gray (voice)
Age at release: 54
Age at release: 48
- Campbell Scott as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age at release: 46
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Edward Teller
Age at release: 39
- Ellen Katz as The Stenographer
Age at release: Unknown
- Harold Agnew as Self
Age at release: Unknown
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- Harry S. Truman as Self (Archive Footage)
Age at release: 123
- Eleanor Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 123
- Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 117
- J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 113
- Lewis Strauss as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 112
- J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 103
- Edward Teller as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 100
- Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 99
- Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 99
- Robert Christy as Self
Age at release: 91
- Roy Glauber as Self
Age at release: 82
- David Strathairn as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Age at release: 59
- Herbert York as Self
Age at release: Unknown
- Marvin L. Goldberger as Self
Age at release: Unknown
- Priscilla McMillan as Self
Age at release: Unknown