The Beginning or the End (1947)

Director: Norman Taurog

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

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Robert Walker

Col. Jeff Nixon

Tom Drake

Matt Cochran

Beverly Tyler

Anne Cochran

Hume Cronyn

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Audrey Totter

Jean O'Leary

Hurd Hatfield

Dr. John Wyatt

Joseph Calleia

Dr. Enrico Fermi

Godfrey Tearle

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Victor Francen

Dr. Marre