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The Beginning or the End
Behind a forbidden door is a terrifying secret!
6.4(13)19471h 52m
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
- Director
- Norman Taurog
- Writers
- Frank Wead,Bob Considine
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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
Richard Haydn
Dr. Chisholm
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Vannevar Bush
John Litel
K.T. Keller
Henry O'Neill
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Warner Anderson
Capt. William S. Parsons
Ellen Ross
Waitress
Bobby Jordan
Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Jerry Schumacher
Nazi Officer
Crew
Directing
- Norman TaurogDirector
- Stanley GoldsmithAssistant Director
- Frank E. MyersAssistant Director
Writing
- Frank WeadWriter
- Bob ConsidineStory
Production
- Samuel MarxProducer
Camera
- Ray JuneDirector of Photography
Editing
- George BoemlerEditor
Sound
- Daniele AmfitheatrofOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Cedric GibbonsArt Direction
- Hans PetersArt Direction
- F. Keogh GleasonSet Decoration
- Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration