Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

156 mins | War, History, TV Movie | Nov. 23, 1980

The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

156 mins | War, History, TV Movie | Nov. 23, 1980

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers The Production Company, Viacom Productions
Original title Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Directors David Lowell Rich
Writers Max Morgan Witts, Gordon Thomas, Millard Kaufman, James Poe

Cast

Billy Crystal

as Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser

Kim Darby

as Lucy Tibbets

Patrick Duffy

as Col. Paul Tibbets

Gary Frank

as Maj. Tom Ferebee

Gregory Harrison

as Capt. Bob Lewis

Stephen Macht

as Maj. William 'Bud' Uanna

Walter Olkewicz

as Sgt. Shug Crawford

Robert Pine

as Capt. William 'Deke' Parsons

James Shigeta

as Field Marshal Abehata

Robert Walden

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Richard Venture

as Alexander Sachs

Richard Herd

as Gen. Groves

Henry Wilcoxon

as Secretary of War Stimson

Ed Nelson

as President Harry S. Truman

Stephen Roberts

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Michael Tucci

as Capt. Claude Eatherly

Than Wyenn

as Gen. Curtis LeMay

Stephen Burleigh

as Theodore Van Kirk

Marion Yue

as Aya

Bill Morey

as Gen. George Marshall

John Fujioka

as Gen. Nagai

James Saito

as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato