Day One

Day One (1989)

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

  • Genre: History, Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1989-05-12
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 21min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: World International Network (WIN)
  • Production Country: Canada, United States of America
  • Director: Joseph Sargent
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Summary

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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  • Brian Dennehy

    as Gen. Leslie Groves

  • David Strathairn

    as J. Robert Oppenheimer

  • Michael Tucker

    as Leo Szilard

  • Hume Cronyn

    as James F. Byrnes

  • Richard Dysart

    as President Harry S. Truman

  • Hal Holbrook

    as Gen. George Marshall

  • Barnard Hughes

    as Henry Stimson

  • John McMartin

    as Dr. Arthur Compton

  • David Ogden Stiers

    as Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Anne Twomey

    as Kitty Oppenheimer

  • Lawrence Dane

    as

  • Ron Frazier

    as Colonel Pash

  • Olek Krupa

    as Edward Teller

  • Bernie McInerney

    as

  • John Pielmeier

    as Seth

  • Ken Pogue

    as Dwight D. Eisenhower

  • Gary Reineke

    as Groves's Commanding Officer

  • Alan Scarfe

    as

  • John Seitz

    as Ralph A. Bard

  • Tony Shalhoub

    as Enrico Fermi

  • Ester Spitz

    as Trude Weiss

  • Ron White

    as Colonel Nichols

  • Stephan Balint

    as Eugen Wigner

  • Peter Boretski

    as Albert Einstein

  • Patrick Breen

    as Richard Feynman

  • Vlasta Vrana

    as Hans Bethe

  • George Popovich

    as Samuel Goudsmit

  • Lorne Brass

    as Klaus Fuchs

  • Michael Sinelnikoff

    as Lord Rutherford

  • Graham Haley

    as Haakon Chevalier

  • Kliment Denchev

    as Michael Polanyi

  • Diana Fajrajsl

    as Ilse Polanyi

  • Timothy Webber

    as Colonel Lansdale

  • Harry Strandjofski

    as Robert Wilson

  • Lia Sargent

    as Mrs. Wisnovsky

  • David Gow

    as Jack Wisnovsky

  • Michael Farrell

    as Shapp

  • Isabelle Mejias

    as Mrs. Trowbridge

  • Jonathan Wise

    as Robert Serber

  • George R. Robertson

    as Ed Condon

  • Dee McCafferty

    as William 'Deke' Parsons

  • Tom Butler

    as Captain DeSilva

  • Robert Morelli

    as T. O. Jones

  • Jon Baggaley

    as James Tuck

  • David Bolt

    as Harry Gold

  • David Ferry

    as Army Major

  • Heinar Pillar

    as Fleischmann

  • François Klanfer

    as Haagen Kistiakowski

  • Joel Miller

    as George Kistiakowski

  • Michael J. Reynolds

    as Kenneth Bainbridge

  • Ed McGibbon

    as William D. Leahy

  • Nicholas Kilbertus

    as Paul Tibbets

  • Joe Cazalet

    as Air Force Guard

  • Scott Thomson

    as Chemist

  • Bob Clout

    as Alfred MacCormack

  • Roland Hewgill

    as Army General

  • Stan Gibbons

    as John J. McCloy

  • Terrence Labrosse

    as Allan Dulles

  • Delise Alison

    as London Pedestrian

  • Alex Guard

    as British Jr. Officer

  • Philip Spensley

    as British Sr. Officer

  • Frederick Neumann

    as Alexander Sachs

  • Norris Domingue

    as General Pa Watson

  • Steve Barry

    as Los Alamo Scientist (uncredited)

  • Arthur Holden

    as Scientist (uncredited)

  • Romano Orzari

    as Leo Szilard's Prime Scientist (uncredited)
Directing Joseph Sargent Director
Costume & Make-Up Renée April Costume Design
Writing Peter Wyden Book
Writing David W. Rintels Teleplay
Production Josette Perrotta Associate Producer
Production David W. Rintels Producer
Production Aaron Spelling Executive Producer
Production E. Duke Vincent Executive Producer
Sound Mason Daring Original Music Composer
Camera Kees Van Oostrum Director of Photography
Editing Debra Karen Editor
Art Curtis A. Schnell Production Design
Art Guy Lalande Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Jocelyne Bellemare Makeup Department Head
Costume & Make-Up Gillian Chandler Key Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Serge Morache Assistant Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Benjamin Robin Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Ronald J. Rolfe Assistant Hairstylist
Production Ken Gord Executive In Charge Of Production
Production François Sylvestre Unit Manager
Production Josette Perrotta Unit Production Manager
Production Norman Henry Production Manager
Directing Sylvain Arseneault Third Assistant Director
Directing Normand Bourgie Third Assistant Director
Directing Sean Dwyer Second Assistant Director
Directing Michael A. Williams First Assistant Director

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