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TV series / 1980
Oppenheimer
Episode directors
Barry Davis
Spanning 1938 to 1953, theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer leads the effort to develop the atom bomb during the Second World War. When revealed, his work initially makes him a hero in the United States, but an ever-changing world soon sees him recast as a security risk.
The story
Spanning 1938 to 1953, theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer leads the effort to develop the atom bomb during the Second World War. When revealed, his work initially makes him a hero in the United States, but an ever-changing world soon sees him recast as a security risk.
Cast
Sam WaterstonRobert Oppenheimer
John CarsonNarrator
Jana SheldenKitty Harrison · Kitty Oppenheimer
Christopher MunckeGeneral Kenneth Nichols · Colonel Kenneth Nichols
Edward HardwickeEnrico Fermi
David SuchetEdward Teller
Peter WhitmanRobert Serber
Manning RedwoodGeneral Leslie Groves
Matthew GuinnessHans Bethe
John MortonRobert Wilson
Bob ShermanErnest Lawrence
Garrick HagonFrank Oppenheimer
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Barry DennenIsidor Rabi
Liza RossJacky Oppenheimer
Kate HarperJean Tatlock
Erica StevensCharlotte Serber
Peter MarinkerHaakon Chevalier
Ron BerglasJohn Manley
Blain FairmanRobert Bacher
Anthony ForrestRossi Lomanitz
Christopher MalcolmSteve Nelson
William HootkinsFBI Agent
John CassadyFBI Agent
David BaxtColonel John Lansdale
Rosemary FaithMitzi Teller
Sarah BrackettPriscilla Duffield
Billy J. MitchellCaptain 'Deke' Parsons
Colin BennettSeth Neddermeyer
Milton JohnsGeorge Kistiakowsky
Douglas LambertKenneth Bainbridge
Nigel AnthonyScientist
Peter BanksJoseph Volpe
Phil BrownLewis Strauss
Daniel FoleyJoseph Weinberg
James SmithDr Harrison
Michael RyanStudent
Carl HauglandStudent
Raymond MarloweBusinessman
Ed DevereauxGeneral Wilhelm Styer
David OliverEmil Konopinski
Alexander DavionArthur Compton
Gabor VernonLeo Szilard
Colette HillerBarbara Chevalier
Robert HendersonScientist
Shane RimmerEd Condon
Pat StarrAlice Smith
Marc SmithLieutenant Colonel Boris Pash
John OrchardSergeant
Dave HillJames Tuck
Albert WellingKlaus Fuchs
Tony SibbaldCaptain
Matt ZimmermanMC
Jay BenedictSED
Gerramy QuartoSED
Roger FrazierDrill Sergeant
Geri PetersonWoman
Alexander KnoxHenry Stimson
Ed BishopGeneral Tom Farrell
Michael John PaliottiSam Allison
Jeff HardingMP
Don FellowsArmy Chief
Robert MacLeodNavy Chief
Douglas W. IlesAir Force Chief
Bob SessionsThomas Finletter
Robert RobinsonSenator Knowland
Stephen TurnerDavid Griggs
Ray CharlesonWilliam Borden
Raymond ThompsonFrancis Cotter
Audrey HamiltonCarol Chevalier
James WaterstonPeter Oppenheimer
Elizabeth GilesToni Oppenheimer
Declan MulhollandFBI Agent
Jerry HarteJCAE Counsel
Robert O'NeilGAC Committee Member
Peter CarlisleHUAC Counsel
Alan WestbrookReporter
James BerwickAir Force General
Michael FitzpatrickCongressman
George GabrielHarold Green
Stuart MilliganHerbert Marks
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