Movie
Day One
Released: May 12, 1989 (1989)
Runtime: 141 minutes
Genres: History, Drama, TV Movie
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Hume Cronyn as James F. Byrnes
Age at release: 77
- Barnard Hughes as Henry Stimson
Age at release: 73
- Hal Holbrook as Gen. George Marshall
Age at release: 64
- Richard Dysart as President Harry S. Truman
Age at release: 60
- John McMartin as Dr. Arthur Compton
Age at release: 59
- Brian Dennehy as Gen. Leslie Groves
Age at release: 50
- David Ogden Stiers as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Age at release: 46
- Michael Tucker as Leo Szilard
Age at release: 44
- David Strathairn as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Age at release: 40
- Anne Twomey as Kitty Oppenheimer
Age at release: 37
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- Michael Sinelnikoff as Lord Rutherford
Age at release: 60
- Peter Boretski as Albert Einstein
Age at release: 59
- Ken Pogue as Dwight D. Eisenhower
Age at release: 54
Age at release: 52
Age at release: 52
- John Seitz as Ralph A. Bard
Age at release: 51
- Ron Frazier as Colonel Pash
Age at release: 49
- Kliment Denchev as Michael Polanyi
Age at release: 49
- Gary Reineke as Groves's Commanding Officer
Age at release: 48
- Olek Krupa as Edward Teller
Age at release: 42
Age at release: 42
- Vlasta Vrana as Hans Bethe
Age at release: 39
- Tony Shalhoub as Enrico Fermi
Age at release: 35
- Ron White as Colonel Nichols
Age at release: 35
- Lorne Brass as Klaus Fuchs
Age at release: 30
- Patrick Breen as Richard Feynman
Age at release: 28
- Ester Spitz as Trude Weiss
Age at release: Unknown
- Stephan Balint as Eugen Wigner
Age at release: Unknown
- George Popovich as Samuel Goudsmit
Age at release: Unknown
- Graham Haley as Haakon Chevalier
Age at release: Unknown