Day One

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Brian DennehyGen. Leslie Groves

David StrathairnJ. Robert Oppenheimer

Michael TuckerLeo Szilard

Hume CronynJames F. Byrnes

Richard DysartPresident Harry S. Truman

Hal HolbrookGen. George Marshall

Barnard HughesHenry Stimson

John McMartinDr. Arthur Compton

David Ogden StiersFranklin D. Roosevelt

Anne TwomeyKitty Oppenheimer

Lawrence DaneCast

Ron FrazierColonel Pash