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Day One (1989)

THIS DAY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS A BLACK MARK AGAINST MANKIND.

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.

Directed by Joseph Sargent

DETAILS

RUNTIME 2h 21min GENRES History, Drama, TV Movie STUDIOS World International Network (WIN), Spelling Entertainment, AT&T COUNTRIES Canada, USA LANGUAGES English More Details at TMDB

CAST

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