Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
← Back to discoveries
Film / 1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
Directed by
Roland Joffé
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."
The story
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."
Cast
Paul NewmanGen. Leslie R. Groves
Dwight SchultzJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie BedeliaKitty Oppenheimer
John CusackMichael Merriman
Laura DernKathleen Robinson
Ron FrazierPeter de Silva
John C. McGinleyRichard Schoenfield
Natasha RichardsonJean Tatlock
Ron VawterJamie Latrobe
Michael BrockmanWilliam "Deke" Parsons
Del CloseDr. Kenneth Whiteside
John ConsidineRobert Tuckson
See more cast
Allan CordunerFranz Goethe
Joe D'AngerioSeth Neddermeyer
Jon DeVriesJohnny Mount
James EckhouseRobert Harper
Todd FieldRobert Wilson
Mary Pat GleasonDora Welsh
Clark GreggDouglas Panton
Péter HalászGeorge Kistiakowsky
Gerald HikenLeo Szilard
Arthur HoldenOakridge Doctor
Ed LauterWhitney Ashbridge
Donald MacKechnieJames Tuck
Madison MasonBoris Pash
Krzysztof PieczyńskiOtto Frisch
Don PugsleyBronston
Logan RamseyBrehon Somervell
Fred ThompsonMelrose Hayden Barry
Jim True-FrostDonald Hornig
Barry YourgrauEdward Teller
Marek AlbosztaScientist
Steven BaigelmanDr. Avenell
Frank Benettieri Jr.Messenger
Roger CubicciottiFrank Oppenheimer
Franco CutiettaEnrico Fermi
Robert Peter GaleDr. Louis Hempelman
Wesley HarrisonPeter Oppenheimer
Brent HarrisonPeter Oppenheimer
Tom McFarlaneScientist
David C. ParnesRaincoat Man
Allen PoirsonHarold McDonald
David PolitzerRobert Serber
Bill RubensteinTimes Reporter
Ken StrausbaughObservation Officer
Walter SullivanHenry Stimson
Brian WandellDennis Talmudge
John WilliamsMack Stoddard
Walker Edmiston(voice)
Matthew Faison(voice)
Stan Jones(voice)
Alan Oppenheimer(voice)
More to discover
Saving Private Ryan
1998 · War · Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Drama · History
The Imitation Game
2014 · History · Drama
Braveheart
1995 · Action · Drama
1917
2019 · War · Drama