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Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

6.2 | Oct 20, 1989 (US) | Drama, History, War | 02:07

The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."

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Paul Newman
Gen. Leslie R. Groves
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Dwight Schultz
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Bonnie Bedelia
Kitty Oppenheimer
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John Cusack
Michael Merriman
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Laura Dern
Kathleen Robinson
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Ron Frazier
Peter de Silva
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John C. McGinley
Richard Schoenfield
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Natasha Richardson
Jean Tatlock
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Ron Vawter
Jamie Latrobe
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Michael Brockman
William "Deke" Parsons

Reviews

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NickNaylor
3 | Jun 06, 2021
Worthless imaginary drama that has nothing to do with the real manhatten project. Nothing more to say than save yourself the time and skip this piece of historically incorrect ...