The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

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1947•112 min•DramaDocumentaryHistoryWar

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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

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The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

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