Movielogr
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Directed by Roland Joffé
Overview
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.”
Rated PG-13 | Length 127 minutes
Actors
Paul Newman | Dwight Schultz | Bonnie Bedelia | John Cusack | Laura Dern | Ron Frazier | John C. McGinley | Natasha Richardson | Ron Vawter | Michael Brockman | Del Close | John Considine | Allan Corduner | Joe D'Angerio | Jon DeVries | James Eckhouse | Todd Field | Mary Pat Gleason | Clark Gregg | Péter Halász | Gerald Hiken | Arthur Holden | Ed Lauter | Donald MacKechnie | Madison Mason | Krzysztof Pieczyński | Don Pugsley | Logan Ramsey | Fred Dalton Thompson | Jim True-Frost | Barry Yourgrau | Marek Alboszta | Steven Baigelman | Frank Benettieri Jr. | Roger Cubicciotti | Franco Cutietta | Robert Peter Gale | Wesley Harrison | Brent Harrison | Tom McFarlane | David C. Parnes | Allen Poirson | David Politzer | Bill Rubenstein | Ken Strausbaugh | Walter Sullivan | Brian Wandell | John Williams | Walker Edmiston | Matthew Faison | Stan Jones | Alan Oppenheimer