Day One

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-03-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

141 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (309 Reviews)

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Genres:

Drama History

Cast:

Brian Dennehy David Strathairn Michael Tucker Hume Cronyn

Writer:

Peter Wyden (book)

David W. Rintels (teleplay)

Fullplot:

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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