Day One
movie
This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind.
Released May 12, 1989
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.
Cast
Brian Dennehy
as
Gen. Leslie Groves
David Strathairn
as
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Michael Tucker
as
Leo Szilard
Hume Cronyn
as
James F. Byrnes
Richard Dysart
as
President Harry S. Truman
Hal Holbrook
as
Gen. George Marshall
Barnard Hughes
as
Henry Stimson
John McMartin
as
Dr. Arthur Compton
David Ogden Stiers
as
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anne Twomey
as
Kitty Oppenheimer
Lawrence Dane
Ron Frazier
as
Colonel Pash
Crew
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Josette Perrotta
as
Associate Producer
David W. Rintels
as
Producer
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Kees Van Oostrum
as
Director of Photography
Jocelyne Bellemare
as
Makeup Department Head
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Ronald J. Rolfe
as
Assistant Hairstylist
David W. Rintels
as
Teleplay
Aaron Spelling
as
Executive Producer
Mason Daring
as
Original Music Composer
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Debra Karen
as
Editor
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Guy Lalande
as
Art Direction
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Norman Henry
as
Production Manager
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Serge Morache
as
Assistant Hairstylist