About the development of the first atomic bomb. With bull headed officer General Groves overseeing its completion

C a s t

Paul Newman as General Leslie Groves
Natasha Richardson as Jean Tatlock
Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie Bedelia as Kitty Oppenheimer
John Cusack as Michael Merriman
Laura Dern as Kathleen Robinson
Ron Frazier as Peter de Silva
John C. McGinley as Richard Schoenfield
Ron Vawter as Jamie Latrobe
Michael Brockman as William "Deke" Parsons
Del Close as Dr. Kenneth Whiteside
John Considine as Robert Tuckson

Production Credits

Director Roland Joffé
Screenwriter Bruce Robinson