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Day One

Directed by Joseph Sargent
1989    2h 21m    Not Rated
Drama, History, TV Movie
7.464%
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The use of the atomic bomb to end WWII was one of the most controversial events in human history. This Emmy-winning 1989 miniseries brings the conflicts to life in wrenching performances by a stellar cast.
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Cast of Day One
  • Brian DennehyGen. Leslie Groves
  • David StrathairnJ. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Michael TuckerLeo Szilard
  • Hume CronynJames F. Byrnes
  • Richard DysartPresident Harry S. Truman
  • Hal HolbrookGen. George Marshall
  • Barnard HughesHenry Stimson
  • John McMartinDr. Arthur Compton
  • David Ogden StiersFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Anne TwomeyKitty Oppenheimer
  • Lawrence Dane
  • Ron FrazierColonel Pash
  • Olek KrupaEdward Teller
  • Bernie McInerney
  • John PielmeierSeth
  • Ken PogueDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Gary ReinekeGroves's Commanding Officer
  • Alan Scarfe
  • John SeitzRalph A. Bard
  • Tony ShalhoubEnrico Fermi
  • Ester SpitzTrude Weiss
  • Ron WhiteColonel Nichols
  • Stephan BalintEugen Wigner
  • Peter BoretskiAlbert Einstein
  • Patrick BreenRichard Feynman
  • Vlasta VranaHans Bethe
  • George PopovichSamuel Goudsmit
  • Lorne BrassKlaus Fuchs
  • Michael SinelnikoffLord Rutherford
  • Graham HaleyHaakon Chevalier
  • Kliment DenchevMichael Polanyi
  • Diana FajrajslIlse Polanyi
  • Timothy WebberColonel Lansdale
  • Harry StrandjofskiRobert Wilson
  • Lia SargentMrs. Wisnovsky
  • David GowJack Wisnovsky
  • Michael FarrellShapp
  • Isabelle MejiasMrs. Trowbridge
  • Jonathan WiseRobert Serber
  • George R. RobertsonEd Condon
  • Dee McCaffertyWilliam 'Deke' Parsons
  • Tom ButlerCaptain DeSilva
  • Robert MorelliT. O. Jones
  • Jon BaggaleyJames Tuck
  • David BoltHarry Gold
  • David FerryArmy Major
  • Heinar PillarFleischmann
  • François KlanferHaagen Kistiakowski
  • Joel MillerGeorge Kistiakowski
  • Michael J. ReynoldsKenneth Bainbridge
  • Ed McGibbonWilliam D. Leahy
  • Nicholas KilbertusPaul Tibbets
  • Joe CazaletAir Force Guard
  • Scott ThomsonChemist
  • Bob CloutAlfred MacCormack
  • Roland HewgillArmy General
  • Stan GibbonsJohn J. McCloy
  • Terrence LabrosseAllan Dulles
  • Delise AlisonLondon Pedestrian
  • Alex GuardBritish Jr. Officer
  • Philip SpensleyBritish Sr. Officer
  • Frederick NeumannAlexander Sachs
  • Norris DomingueGeneral Pa Watson
  • Steve BarryLos Alamo Scientist (uncredited)
  • Arthur HoldenScientist (uncredited)
  • Romano OrzariLeo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)
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