The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
Cast
Brian Donlevy
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Robert Walker
Col. Jeff Nixon
Tom Drake
Matt Cochran
Beverly Tyler
Anne Cochran
Hume Cronyn
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Audrey Totter
Jean O'Leary
Hurd Hatfield
Dr. John Wyatt
Joseph Calleia
Dr. Enrico Fermi
Godfrey Tearle
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Victor Francen
Dr. Marre
Richard Haydn
Dr. Chisholm
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Vannevar Bush
John Litel
K.T. Keller
Henry O'Neill
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Warner Anderson
Capt. William S. Parsons
Ellen Ross
Waitress
Bobby Jordan
Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Jerry Schumacher
Nazi Officer
Crew
Norman Taurog
Director
Frank Wead
Writer
Bob Considine
Story
George Boemler
Editor
Ray June
Director of Photography
Frank E. Myers
Assistant Director
Stanley Goldsmith
Assistant Director
Samuel Marx
Producer
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Original Music Composer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
Hans Peters
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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