

MovieDocumentary
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
6.2(9)20081h 49m
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"
- Director
- David Grubin
- Created by
- Mark Samels,Nick Fraser
- Writers
- David Grubin,Charles Olivier
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Cast

Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)

Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)

Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash

Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
Ellen Katz
The Stenographer

Michael Cumpsty
Harold Agnew
Self
Jeremy Bernstein
Self

Freeman Dyson
Self
Richard Rhodes
Self

Martin J. Sherwin
Self

Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)

David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Herbert York
Self
Marvin L. Goldberger
Self
Priscilla McMillan
Self
Robert Christy
Self
Roy Glauber
Self

Harry S. Truman
Self (Archive Footage)

J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)

Lewis Strauss
Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
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Crew
Directing
- David GrubinDirector
Writing
- David GrubinWriter
- Charles OlivierWriter
Production
- Mark SamelsExecutive Producer
- Nick FraserExecutive Producer
- David GrubinProducer
- Dan CoganCo-Producer
- Tania CastellanosCo-Producer
Camera
- James CallananDirector of Photography
Editing
- Deborah PeretzEditor
- Kate TavernaEditor