Fat Man and Little Boy
Drama
History
War
The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
1989-10-20
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Cast
Director
Roland Joffé
Paul Newman as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie Bedelia as Kitty Oppenheimer
John Cusack as Michael Merriman
Laura Dern as Kathleen Robinson
Ron Frazier as Peter de Silva
John C. McGinley as Richard Schoenfield
Natasha Richardson as Jean Tatlock
Ron Vawter as Jamie Latrobe
Del Close as Dr. Kenneth Whiteside
John Considine as Robert Tuckson
Allan Corduner as Franz Goethe
Jon DeVries as Johnny Mount
James Eckhouse as Robert Harper
Todd Field as Robert Wilson
Mary Pat Gleason as Dora Welsh
Clark Gregg as Douglas Panton
Péter Halász as George Kistiakowsky
Arthur Holden as Oakridge Doctor
Ed Lauter as Whitney Ashbridge
Madison Mason as Boris Pash
Krzysztof Pieczyński as Otto Frisch
Don Pugsley as Bronston
Logan Ramsey as Brehon Somervell
Fred Thompson as Melrose Hayden Barry
Jim True-Frost as Donald Hornig
Robert Peter Gale as Dr. Louis Hempelman
Ken Strausbaugh as Observation Officer
Walker Edmiston as (voice)
Matthew Faison as (voice)
Stan Jones as (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer as (voice)