Day One
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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew
Josette Perrotta
Associate Producer
David W. Rintels
Producer
Kees Van Oostrum
Director of Photography
Jocelyne Bellemare
Makeup Department Head
Ronald J. Rolfe
Assistant Hairstylist
David W. Rintels
Teleplay
Aaron Spelling
Executive Producer
Mason Daring
Original Music Composer
Debra Karen
Editor
Guy Lalande
Art Direction
Norman Henry
Production Manager
Serge Morache
Assistant Hairstylist