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English. Budget. $2.6 million. Box office. $1.9 million. The Beginning or the End is a 1947 American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, and Tom Drake, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film dramatizes the creation of the atomic bomb in ...
- $2.6 million
- Samuel Marx
The Beginning or the End: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler. A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.
Sep 17, 2021 · The Beginning or the end. By Loew's, Inc. 11 reels. (c) 21Jan47; L832. 21Jan74; R568696. Interesting to see the first story about the atomic bomb in the film media. Today it is probabley labelled as propaganda, but back then there were confused people who thought it was definitely the end of the world by nuclear means.
Beginning Or The End, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) We Can Change The World Joining narration by Hume Cronyn in the voice of J. Robert Oppenheimer, introducing Tom Drake as fictional student Matt, with Joseph Calleia and Victor Francen as scientists Fermi and Marre, for a big moment at Columbia’s Pupin Hall, in the A-Bomb docudrama The Beginning ...
- Norman Taurog, Stanley Goldsmith, Frank Myers
- Brian Donlevy
The Beginning or the End (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Beginning or the End. Rated: C+ • Jul 4, 2022. Nov 4, 2020. Rated 2/5 Stars • 06/03/23. Norman Taurog. Director. Brian Donlevy.
- History, Drama
The first bomb, code named Little Boy, is shipped to the tropical island of Tinian in the Marianas. While trying to arm the bomb, Matt's hand accidentally touches hazardous material and he dies the next day. At 3:45 AM, Colonel Paul Tibbets lifts his B-29 bomber, Enola Gay (after his mother) off the runway.
