Brian Donlevy
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
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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
In 1941, following America's entrance into the war, Roosevelt authorizes a project to develop an atomic bomb, despite a predicted cost of up to two billion dollars. Work on the bomb begins in December 1942, at the University of Chicago, with help from leading scientists Dr. Chisholm, Dr. John Wyatt and Dr. C. D. Howe.
- Norman Taurog, Stanley Goldsmith, Frank Myers
- Brian Donlevy
Sep 17, 2021 · Subject: First of the Manhatten Project Documentary Films. 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.
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Sep 22, 2015 · A gripping dramatization of real-life events, The Beginning or the End opens prior to World War II, when American scientists under the guidance of Dr. Enrico Fermi (Joseph Calleia) win the race to split the atom.
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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.
- History, Drama
