About
This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
Cast
Sam Waterston
as Robert Oppenheimer
John Carson
as Narrator
Shane Rimmer
as Ed Condon
Alexander Knox
as Henry Stimson
Jana Shelden
as Kitty Oppenheimer
Phil Brown
as Lewis Strauss
Edward Hardwicke
as Enrico Fermi
David Suchet
as Edward Teller
James Maxwell
as Lloyd Garrison
Milton Johns
as George Kistiakowsky
Barry Dennen
as Isidor Rabi
Bob Sherman
as Ernest Lawrence
Matthew Guinness
as Hans Bethe
Christopher Malcolm
as Steve Nelson
Garrick Hagon
as Frank Oppenheimer
David Baxt
as Colonel John Lansdale
Peter Banks
as Joseph Volpe
Ron Berglas
as John Manley
Colin Bennett
as Seth Neddermeyer
Christopher Muncke
as Colonel Kenneth Nichols
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Episode 1
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
Episode 2
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
Episode 3
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
Episode 4
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
Episode 5
May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.
Episode 6
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
Episode 7
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.
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