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This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind. - Day One
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Title: Day One

Release Date: 12 May 1989

Runtime: 2h 21m

Genre: History, Drama, TV Movie

Director: World International Network (WIN), Spelling Entertainment, AT&T

Production Companies: World International Network (WIN), Spelling Entertainment, AT&T

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.5 (6 votes)

Cast

  • Gen. Leslie Groves: Brian Dennehy
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer: David Strathairn
  • Leo Szilard: Michael Tucker
  • James F. Byrnes: Hume Cronyn
  • President Harry S. Truman: Richard Dysart
  • Gen. George Marshall: Hal Holbrook
  • Henry Stimson: Barnard Hughes
  • Dr. Arthur Compton: John McMartin
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: David Ogden Stiers
  • Kitty Oppenheimer: Anne Twomey
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