Day One (1989)
2h 21m
Running Time
May 12, 1989Release Date
Day One (1989)
2h 21m
Running Time
May 12, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

John Pielmeier
Seth

Ken Pogue
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gary Reineke
Groves's Commanding Officer

John Seitz
Ralph A. Bard

Tony Shalhoub
Enrico Fermi

Ester Spitz
Trude Weiss

Ron White
Colonel Nichols

Stephan Balint
Eugen Wigner

Peter Boretski
Albert Einstein

Patrick Breen
Richard Feynman

Vlasta Vrana
Hans Bethe

George Popovich
Samuel Goudsmit

Lorne Brass
Klaus Fuchs

Michael Sinelnikoff
Lord Rutherford

Graham Haley
Haakon Chevalier

Kliment Denchev
Michael Polanyi

Diana Fajrajsl
Ilse Polanyi

Timothy Webber
Colonel Lansdale

Harry Strandjofski
Robert Wilson

Lia Sargent
Mrs. Wisnovsky

David Gow
Jack Wisnovsky

Michael Farrell
Shapp

Isabelle Mejias
Mrs. Trowbridge

Jonathan Wise
Robert Serber

George R. Robertson
Ed Condon

Dee McCafferty
William 'Deke' Parsons

Tom Butler
Captain DeSilva

Robert Morelli
T. O. Jones

Jon Baggaley
James Tuck

David Bolt
Harry Gold

David Ferry
Army Major

Heinar Pillar
Fleischmann

François Klanfer
Haagen Kistiakowski

Joel Miller
George Kistiakowski

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
Scientist (uncredited)

Romano Orzari
Leo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)

Curtis A. Schnell
Production Design

Mason Daring
Original Music Composer

Norman Henry
Production Manager

Aaron Spelling
Executive Producer

Guy Lalande
Art Direction

Peter Wyden
Book

Debra Karen
Editor

Serge Morache
Assistant Hairstylist

E. Duke Vincent
Executive Producer

Gillian Chandler
Key Makeup Artist

Josette Perrotta
Unit Production Manager / Associate Producer

David W. Rintels
Producer / Teleplay

Kees Van Oostrum
Director of Photography

Benjamin Robin
Hairstylist

François Sylvestre
Unit Manager

Ken Gord
Executive In Charge Of Production
Details.
Wiki.
Day One is a made-for-TV docudrama film about The Manhattan Project, the research and development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It is based on the book by Peter Wyden. The film was written by David W. Rintels and directed by Joseph Sargent. It starred Brian Dennehy as General Leslie Groves, David Strathairn as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Michael Tucker as Dr. Leo Szilard. It premiered in the United States on March 5, 1989 on the CBS network. It won the 1989 Emmy award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special. The movie received critical acclaim for its historical accuracy despite being a drama.
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