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Day One (1989)

Day One (1989)

Drama History TV Movie

This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind.

Release Date: 1989, May 12
Directors: Joseph Sargent
Countries: Canada, United States of America
Production: World International Network (WIN), Spelling Entertainment, AT&T
Cast: David Strathairn, Tom Butler, Brian Dennehy, Lorne Brass, Tony Shalhoub, Arthur Holden, Harry Standjofski, Ron White, Timothy Webber, David Ogden Stiers, Richard Dysart, Michael Sinelnikoff

Overview:

Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.