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Day One

Day One

History, Drama, TV Movie

2h 21m

May 12, 1989 (36 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Gen. Leslie Groves

Birthday: July 9, 1938

50 April 15, 2020 (81)
David Strathairn

David Strathairn

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Birthday: January 26, 1949

4076
Michael Tucker

Michael Tucker

Leo Szilard

Birthday: February 6, 1945

4480
Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

James F. Byrnes

Birthday: July 18, 1911

77 June 15, 2003 (91)
Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

President Harry S. Truman

Birthday: March 30, 1929

60 April 5, 2015 (86)
Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Gen. George Marshall

Birthday: February 17, 1925

64 January 23, 2021 (95)
Barnard Hughes

Barnard Hughes

Henry Stimson

Birthday: July 16, 1915

73 July 10, 2006 (90)
John McMartin

John McMartin

Dr. Arthur Compton

Birthday: August 21, 1929

59 July 6, 2016 (86)
David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Birthday: October 31, 1942

46 March 3, 2018 (75)
Anne Twomey

Anne Twomey

Kitty Oppenheimer

Birthday: June 7, 1951

3774