Day One

1989, drama, history

141 minutes

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...

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Cast

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Gen. Leslie Groves

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Michael Tucker

Leo Szilard

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

James F. Byrnes

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

President Harry S. Truman

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Gen. George Marshall

Barnard Hughes

Barnard Hughes

Henry Stimson

John McMartin

Dr. Arthur Compton

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Anne Twomey

Anne Twomey

Kitty Oppenheimer

Ron Frazier

Colonel Pash

Olek Krupa

Olek Krupa

Edward Teller

Ken Pogue

Ken Pogue

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gary Reineke

Groves's Commanding Officer

John Seitz

Ralph A. Bard

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

Enrico Fermi

Ester Spitz

Trude Weiss

Ron White

Ron White

Colonel Nichols

Stephan Balint

Eugen Wigner

Peter Boretski

Albert Einstein

Patrick Breen

Patrick Breen

Richard Feynman

Vlasta Vrana

Vlasta Vrana

Hans Bethe

George Popovich

Samuel Goudsmit

Lorne Brass

Klaus Fuchs

Michael Sinelnikoff

Michael Sinelnikoff

Lord Rutherford

Graham Haley

Haakon Chevalier

Kliment Denchev

Michael Polanyi

Diana Fajrajsl

Ilse Polanyi

Timothy Webber

Timothy Webber

Colonel Lansdale

Harry Standjofski

Robert Wilson

Lia Sargent

Lia Sargent

Mrs. Wisnovsky

David Gow

Jack Wisnovsky

Isabelle Mejias

Mrs. Trowbridge

Jonathan Wise

Robert Serber

Dee McCafferty

William 'Deke' Parsons

Tom Butler

Tom Butler

Captain DeSilva

Robert Morelli

T. O. Jones

Jon Baggaley

James Tuck

David Bolt

Harry Gold

David Ferry

David Ferry

Army Major

Heinar Pillar

Fleischmann

François Klanfer

Haagen Kistiakowski

Joel Miller

George Kistiakowski

Michael J. Reynolds

Michael J. Reynolds

Kenneth Bainbridge

Ed McGibbon

William D. Leahy

Nicholas Kilbertus

Paul Tibbets

Joe Cazalet

Air Force Guard

Scott Thomson

Chemist

Bob Clout

Alfred MacCormack

Roland Hewgill

Army General

Stan Gibbons

John J. McCloy

Terrence Labrosse

Allan Dulles

Delise Alison

London Pedestrian

Alex Guard

British Jr. Officer

Philip Spensley

British Sr. Officer

Frederick Neumann

Alexander Sachs

Norris Domingue

General Pa Watson

Steve Barry

Los Alamo Scientist (uncredited)

Arthur Holden

Arthur Holden

Scientist (uncredited)

Romano Orzari

Romano Orzari

Leo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Guy Lalande

Art direction

Curtis A. Schnell

Production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

Renée April

Costume design

Benjamin Robin

Hairstylist

Directing

Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent

Director

Michael A. Williams

First assistant director

Sean Dwyer

Second assistant director

Editing

Debra Karen

Editor

Production

Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling

Executive producer

E. Duke Vincent

Executive producer

David W. Rintels

Producer

Josette Perrotta

Unit production manager, associate producer

Sound

Mason Daring

Original music composer

Writing

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