Day One
8 reviews
History/Drama
2h 21m
1989
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...
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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.
- DirectorJoseph Sargent
- Release12 May 1989
- Genre
- Duration2h 21m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate8 reviews
- Productions
World International Network (WIN), Spelling Entertainment, AT&T
Cast

Brian Dennehy
Gen. Leslie Groves

David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Michael Tucker
Leo Szilard

Hume Cronyn
James F. Byrnes

Richard Dysart
President Harry S. Truman

Hal Holbrook
Gen. George Marshall

Barnard Hughes
Henry Stimson

John McMartin
Dr. Arthur Compton

David Ogden Stiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Anne Twomey
Kitty Oppenheimer

Lawrence Dane

Ron Frazier
Colonel Pash

Olek Krupa
Edward Teller

Bernie McInerney

Ken Pogue
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gary Reineke
Groves's Commanding Officer

Alan Scarfe

John Seitz
Ralph A. Bard

Tony Shalhoub
Enrico Fermi

Ron White
Colonel Nichols

Patrick Breen
Richard Feynman

Vlasta Vrana
Hans Bethe

Lorne Brass
Klaus Fuchs

Michael Sinelnikoff
Lord Rutherford

Kliment Denchev
Michael Polanyi

Timothy Webber
Colonel Lansdale

Harry Standjofski
Robert Wilson

Lia Sargent
Mrs. Wisnovsky

David Gow
Jack Wisnovsky

Isabelle Mejias
Mrs. Trowbridge

Jonathan Wise
Robert Serber

George R. Robertson
Ed Condon

Dee McCafferty
William 'Deke' Parsons

Tom Butler
Captain DeSilva

David Ferry
Army Major

Michael J. Reynolds
Kenneth Bainbridge

Scott Thomson
Chemist

Roland Hewgill
Army General

Arthur Holden
Scientist (uncredited)

Romano Orzari
Leo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)
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