The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

112 mins | Drama | Feb. 19, 1947

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

The Beginning or the End

112 mins | Drama | Feb. 19, 1947

The Beginning or the End
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Beginning or the End
Directors Stanley Goldsmith, Frank E. Myers, Norman Taurog
Writers Bob Considine, Frank Wead

Cast

Brian Donlevy

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Robert Walker

as Col. Jeff Nixon

Tom Drake

as Matt Cochran

Beverly Tyler

as Anne Cochran

Hume Cronyn

as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Audrey Totter

as Jean O'Leary

Hurd Hatfield

as Dr. John Wyatt

Joseph Calleia

as Dr. Enrico Fermi

Godfrey Tearle

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Victor Francen

as Dr. Marre

Richard Haydn

as Dr. Chisholm

Jonathan Hale

as Dr. Vannevar Bush

John Litel

as K.T. Keller

Henry O'Neill

as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell

Warner Anderson

as Capt. William S. Parsons

Ellen Ross

as Waitress

Bobby Jordan

as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message