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The Beginning or the End

Year:
Duration:
112 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | History | War
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
Norman Taurog
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1947-02-19
Filming Locations: Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
The Beginning or the End
Robert Walker
Col. Jeff Nixon
Tom Drake
Matt Cochran
Beverly Tyler
Anne Cochran
Audrey Totter
Jean O'Leary
Hume Cronyn
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Hurd Hatfield
Dr. John Wyatt
Joseph Calleia
Dr. Enrico Fermi
Godfrey Tearle
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Victor Francen
Dr. Marre
Richard Haydn
Dr. Chisholm
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Vannevar Bush
John Litel
K.T. Keller
Henry O'Neill
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Warner Anderson
Capt. William S. Parsons
Barry Nelson
Col. Paul Tibbetts Jr.
Art Baker
President Harry S. Truman
Ludwig Stössel
Dr. Albert Einstein
John Hamilton
Dr. Harold C. Urey
Frank Ferguson
Dr. James B. Conant
Tom Stevenson
Dr. E.P. Wigner
John Gallaudet
Dr. Leo Szilard
Nella Walker
Grace Tully
Edward Earle
Charles G. Ross
Moroni Olsen
Dr. Arthur H. Compton
Norman Lloyd
Dr. Troyanski
Jim Davis
Pilot at Tinian
Charles Trowbridge
Walter S. Carpenter Jr.
Frank Wilcox
Dr. W.H. Zinn
Henry Hall
Gen. Brehon Somervell
Paul Harvey
Lt. Gen. William D. Styer
Larry Johns
Quaker Scientist
Robert Emmett Keane
Dr. Rand
James Bush
Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence
Trevor Bardette
Clinic Doctor
William Wright
Col. John Lansdale
Damian O'Flynn
C.D. Howe
Richard Abbott
Danish Underground Leader (uncredited)
Philip Ahlm
Armed Guard (uncredited)
John Albright
Quaker Scientist (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Secretary of War Henry Stimson
Kirk Alyn
Scientist (uncredited)
Rod Bacon
Crew Member (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Canadian Officer (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Workman (uncredited)
John Banner
German Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Enola Gay Navigator (uncredited)
Holger Bendixen
German Submarine Commander (uncredited)
Lee Bennett
Sergeant (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Townsman (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Townswoman (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
William Bishop
2nd Lieutenant--Electronics Officer, Enola Gay (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
Armed Guard (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Tough Military Policeman (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Civilian Guard (uncredited)
John Bogden
Scientist (uncredited)
Charles Bradstreet
Airport Guard (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Enola Gay Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Army Officer (uncredited)
Tom Burton
Officer (uncredited)
Roy Butler
Townsman (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
Senator (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Industrialist (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
Quaker Scientist (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Rafferty (uncredited)
Frank Chalfant
Scientist (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Japanese Naval Officer (uncredited)
Peter Chong
Japanese General (uncredited)
Bron Clifford
Chaplain (uncredited)
Bruce Cowling
Enola Gay Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Ralph Crane
Weatherman (uncredited)
Frank Dae
Senator (uncredited)
Bert Davidson
Armed Guard (uncredited)
Boyd Davis
Senator (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Passing Officer (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
Gregor (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Guard (uncredited)
Dick Earle
Industrialist (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
Townswoman (uncredited)
Blake Edwards
CIC Man (uncredited)
Frank Erickson
Attendant (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Scientist (uncredited)
Lloyd Everett
Enola Gay Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Evictee (uncredited)
William Forrest
Brigadier General (uncredited)
Ted French
Townsman (uncredited)
Arno Frey
Nazi Official (uncredited)
Paul Fung
Japanese Radar Officer (uncredited)
Jack Gallagher
Evictee (uncredited)
John Gannon
Orderly (uncredited)
Stewart Garner
Communications Officer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
President Truman's Secretary (uncredited)
Tom Gibson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Bob Gilbert
Lieutenant, R.C.M., Enola Gay (uncredited)
Jon Gilbreath
Attendant (uncredited)
William Graeff Jr.
Emergency Switch Operator (uncredited)
Clarke Hardwicke
Enola Gay Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Scientist on Plane (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Harried Editor (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Barometric Observer (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
General (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Gate Guard (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Soldier at Airfield (uncredited)
James Horne Jr.
Barmetric Observer (uncredited)
Anne Howard
English Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Jimmy Hunt
Little Boy (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Senior Engineer (uncredited)
John James
Engineer (uncredited)
William Janssen
Instrument Operator (uncredited)
Bobby Jordan
Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly
Mack (uncredited)
John B. Kennedy
Newsreel Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mike Killian
Senior Engineer (uncredited)
Martin Kosleck
Dr. O.E. Frisch (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Construction Engineer (uncredited)
Al Kunde
Evictee (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Lee
General Groves' Aide (uncredited)
William F. Leicester
Enola Gay Flight Engineer (uncredited)
Frank Leigh
British General (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Japanese Army Officer (uncredited)
Weaver Levy
Japanese Sailor (uncredited)
Donald S. Lewis
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
King Lockwood
Col. Nichols (uncredited)
Richard Loo
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Keith (uncredited)
Jack Manolas
Minor Role (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
Mexican Man (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Workman (uncredited)
Roger McGee
Scientist (uncredited)
Michael McGrath
Dr. Kistiakonsky (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Patricia Medina
Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Danny Merrill
Scientist (uncredited)
Sybil Merritt
Cute Guide (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Milkman (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Townsman (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Merlyn Nelson
Evictee (uncredited)
James Nolan
President Roosevelt's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Industrialist (uncredited)
Larry Nunn
Worried GI (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Ray Page
Meter Man (uncredited)
Eddie Parks
Bewildered Civilian (uncredited)
Charles Peck
GI Messenger (uncredited)
Ray Pemberton
Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
Bob Pepper
Crewman (uncredited)
George Peters
Nurse (uncredited)
Tom Pilkington
Man with Counter (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
William Roberts
Enola Gay Radio Operator (uncredited)
Ellen Ross
Waitress (uncredited)
Carl Saxe
German General's Aide (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Winne (uncredited)
Jerry Schumacher
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Nazi Police Officer (uncredited)
Dorothy Scott
Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Robin Short
Young Scientist (uncredited)
Buster Slaven
Enola Gay Assistant Gunner (uncredited)
J. Lewis Smith
Wolfish Soldier (uncredited)
Eunice Soo-Hoo
Japanese Child (uncredited)
Robert Spencer
Nuclear Scientist (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Enola Gay Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Man at Time Capsule Ceremony (uncredited)
Cedric Stevens
Evictee (uncredited)
William Tannen
Soldier at A-Bomb Test (uncredited)
Richard Terry
Enola Gay Radarman (uncredited)
David Thursby
English Bobby (uncredited)
Frank Tomlinson
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Travell
Tinian Co-Pilot (uncredited)
H.T. Tsiang
Prof. Okani (uncredited)
George Turner
Pilot (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Man (uncredited)
William Van Vleck
Evictee (uncredited)
Leslie Vincent
English Junior Scientist (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Medical Major (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart
Danish Customs Man (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Man (uncredited)
Constance Weiler
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry T. Wensel
Wensel (uncredited)
Carl Wester
Construction Engineer (uncredited)
Guy Williams
Enola Gay Bombardier (uncredited)
Ronald Wong
Japanese Child (uncredited)
Jack Worth
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The idea for the film came from atomic scientists and the first scripts raised questions about the use of the new weapon against Japan and all uses of nuclear energy in the future. By the time the Pentagon and the White House got through with it, the movie took a 180-degree turn. President Truman even got the actor playing him in the movie fired - Greg Mitchell author of 'Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and the Greatest Movie Never Made'.
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