Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

★ 6.2 2h 7m 168 votes IMDb
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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."

Fat Man and Little Boy

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Paul Newman
Paul Newman as Gen. Leslie R. Groves Died 2008 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthus...
Dwight Schultz
Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer Age 78 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA William Dwight Schultz is an American television, stage and voice actor best known for playing the eccentric Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series The A-Team and the socially anxiou...
Bonnie Bedelia
Bonnie Bedelia as Kitty Oppenheimer Age 78 · New York City, New York, USA Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin; March 25, 1948) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre in the 1960s, Bedelia starred in the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life and m...
John Cusack
John Cusack as Michael Merriman Age 60 · Evanston, Illinois, USA John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), T...
Laura Dern
Laura Dern as Kathleen Robinson Age 59 · Los Angeles, California, USA Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, and...
Ron Frazier
Ron Frazier as Peter de Silva Died 2003 · Marceline, Missouri, USA
Director Roland Joffé
Cast Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, Ron Frazier, John C. McGinley, Natasha Richardson, Ron Vawter, Michael Brockman

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NickNaylor 3/10 Jun 06, 2021
Worthless imaginary drama that has nothing to do with the real manhatten project. Nothing more to say than save yourself the time and skip this piece of historically incorrect ...

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