Day One (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 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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Joseph Sargent
Writing:
- David W. Rintels
- Peter Wyden
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Release Date: 1989-05-12
6.5/10
6.5/10
- Country: CA, US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 141
Colonel Lansdale
Edward Teller
Dr. Arthur Compton
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Richard Feynman
Gen. Leslie Groves
Colonel Nichols
Leo Szilard
President Harry S. Truman
Gen. George Marshall
Henry Stimson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Groves's Commanding Officer
Kenneth Bainbridge
Captain DeSilva
James F. Byrnes
Kitty Oppenheimer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ralph A. Bard
Enrico Fermi
Hans Bethe
Klaus Fuchs
Lord Rutherford
Mrs. Wisnovsky
Jack Wisnovsky
Robert Serber
Ed Condon
William 'Deke' Parsons
Army Major
Chemist
Robert Wilson
Scientist (uncredited)
Leo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)