Fat Man and Little Boy

Movie

Drama

History

War

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."

Date: 10/20/1989

Rating: 6.2

Cast: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, Ron Frazier, John C. McGinley, Natasha Richardson, Ron Vawter, Michael Brockman, Del Close, John Considine, Allan Corduner, Joe D'Angerio, Jon DeVries, James Eckhouse, Todd Field, Mary Pat Gleason, Clark Gregg, Péter Halász, Gerald Hiken, Arthur Holden, Ed Lauter, Donald MacKechnie, Madison Mason, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Don Pugsley, Logan Ramsey, Fred Thompson, Jim True-Frost, Barry Yourgrau, Marek Alboszta, Steven Baigelman, Frank Benettieri Jr., Roger Cubicciotti, Franco Cutietta, Robert Peter Gale, Wesley Harrison, Brent Harrison, Tom McFarlane, David C. Parnes, Allen Poirson, David Politzer, Bill Rubenstein, Ken Strausbaugh, Walter Sullivan, Brian Wandell, John Williams, Walker Edmiston, Matthew Faison, Stan Jones, Alan Oppenheimer

Paul Newman