Film

Day One

1989 · 2h 21m · History · Drama · TV Movie

This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind.

IMDb

7.4

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.

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

John Pielmeier

Seth

Ken Pogue

Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Joseph SargentDirector
• David W. RintelsProducer
• Aaron SpellingExecutive Producer
• E. Duke VincentExecutive Producer
• Kees Van OostrumDirector of Photography
• Mason DaringOriginal Music Composer
• Debra KarenEditor

Release date

May 12, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

13

Genres

History, Drama, TV Movie