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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 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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Norman Taurog
- 1947-02-19
With that remark to producers at MGM, President Harry S. Truman gave his stamp of approval to and provided the title for The Beginning or the End, a 1947 docudrama about the development and world-changing use of the atomic bomb to bring about an end to World War II in 1945.
- Norman Taurog, Stanley Goldsmith, Frank Myers
- Brian Donlevy
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The Beginning or the End. Gen. Leslie R. Groves (Brian Donlevy) oversees scientists on the Manhattan Project, the first atomic bomb.
- Norman Taurog
- History, Drama
- Brian Donlevy
Docudrama on the development of the first atomic bomb. Told from the perspective of a film recovered from a time capsule several hundred years into the future, the story is narrated by Robert Oppenheimer (Hume Cronyn) and Major General Leslie Groves (Brian Donlevy) beginning with the Nazis stated goal of developing an atomic bomb. Along with ...
The Beginning or the End (1947) is an American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
