DAY ONE

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: This Emmy-winning, historically accurate drama tells the complex and moving story of the Manhattan Project. Racing against the Nazi war machine and enduring intense military and political pressure, Allied scientists wrestle with the challenge of creating the ultimate weapon. Leading the superb cast are Michael Tucker (L.A. Law) as Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck) as mission chief J. Robert Oppenheimer, Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman) as General Leslie Groves, and David Ogden Stiers (MASH) as FDR. Also featuring Hal Holbrook (Mark Twain Tonight!), Hume Cronyn (12 Angry Men), and Tony Shalhoub (Monk).; ; Before the bomb can be perfected, Hitler's death and Germany's surrender remove one enemy from the equation. But Japan remains. Day One builds quietly to a shattering climax, as the scientists who developed the bomb out of patriotic fervor witness its grisly consequences.;
• Cast: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Richard Dysart, Hal Holbrook, Barnard Hughes, John McMartin, David Ogden Stiers, Anne Twomey, Ron Frazier, Olek Krupa, John Pielmeier, Ken Pogue, Gary Reineke, Tony Shalhoub, Ester Spitz, Ron White, Stephan Balint, Peter Boretski, Patrick Breen, Vlasta Vrana, George Popovich, Lorne Brass, Michael Sinelnikoff, Graham Haley, Fritz Buchinger, Kliment Denchev, Diana Fajrajsl, Timothy Webber, Harry Standjofski, Lia Sargent, David Gow, Michael Farrell, Isabelle Mejias, Jonathan Wise, George R. Robertson, Dee McCafferty, Tom Butler, Robert Morelli, Jon Baggaley, David Bolt, David Ferry, Heinar Pillar, François Klanfer, Joel Miller, Michael J. Reynolds, Ed McGibbon, Nicholas Kilbertus, Joe Cazalet, Scott Thomson, Bob Clout, Roland Hewgill, Stan Gibbons, Terrence Labrosse, Delise Alison, Alex Guard, Philip Spensley, Frederick Neumann, Norris Domingue, Steve Barry, Arthur Holden, Joseph Sargent, Peter Wyden, David W. Rintels
• Director: Joseph Sargent
• Runtime: 2:20
• Company: Acorn Media
• Media Format: Movie