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Directed by
Norman Taurog 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Robert Considine  story
Frank Wead 

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

Brian Donlevy ... Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Robert Walker ... Col. Jeff Nixon
Tom Drake ... Matt Cochran
Beverly Tyler ... Anne Cochran
Audrey Totter ... Jean O'Leary

Hume Cronyn ... Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Hurd Hatfield ... Dr. John Wyatt
Joseph Calleia ... Dr. Enrico Fermi
Godfrey Tearle ... President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Victor Francen ... Dr. Marre
Richard Haydn ... Dr. Chisholm
Jonathan Hale ... Dr. Vannevar Bush
John Litel ... K.T. Keller
Henry O'Neill ... Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Warner Anderson ... Capt. William S. Parsons
Barry Nelson ... Col. Paul Tibbetts Jr.
Art Baker ... President Harry S. Truman
Ludwig Stössel ... Dr. Albert Einstein (as Ludwig Stossel)
John Hamilton ... Dr. Harold C. Urey
Frank Ferguson ... Dr. James B. Conant
Tom Stevenson ... Dr. E.P. Wigner
John Gallaudet ... Dr. Leo Szilard
Nella Walker ... Grace Tully
Edward Earle ... Charles G. Ross
Moroni Olsen ... Dr. Arthur H. Compton

Norman Lloyd ... Dr. Troyanski
Jim Davis ... Pilot at Tinian
Charles Trowbridge ... Walter S. Carpenter Jr.
Frank Wilcox ... Dr. W.H. Zinn
Henry Hall ... Gen. Brehon Somervell
Paul Harvey ... Lt. Gen. W.D. Styer
Larry Johns ... Quaker Scientist
Robert Emmett Keane ... Dr. Rand
James Bush ... Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence
Trevor Bardette ... Clinic Doctor
William Wright ... Col. John Lansdale
Damian O'Flynn ... C.D. Howe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John B. Kennedy ... Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Richard Abbott ... Danish Underground Leader (uncredited)
Philip Ahlm ... Armed Guard (uncredited)
John Albright ... Quaker Scientist (uncredited)
Erville Alderson ... Secretary of War Henry Stimson (uncredited)
Kirk Alyn ... Scientist (uncredited)
Rod Bacon ... Crew Member (uncredited)
Frank Baker ... Canadian Officer (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin ... Workman (uncredited)
John Banner ... German Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Gregg Barton ... Enola Gay Navigator (uncredited)
Holger Bendixen ... German Submarine Commander (uncredited)
Lee Bennett ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard ... Townsman (uncredited)
Margaret Bert ... Townswoman (uncredited)
Robert Bice ... Co-Pilot (uncredited)
William Bishop ... 2nd Lieutenant--Electronics Officer, Enola Gay (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. ... Armed Guard (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake ... Tough MP (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Civilian Guard (uncredited)
John Bogden ... Scientist (uncredited)
Charles Bradstreet ... Airport Guard (uncredited)
Tex Brodus ... Enola Gay Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Paul Bryar ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Tom Burton ... Officer (uncredited)
Roy Butler ... Townsman (uncredited)
George M. Carleton ... Senator (uncredited)
James Carlisle ... Industrialist (uncredited)
Douglas Carter ... Quaker Scientist (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy ... Rafferty (uncredited)
Frank Chalfant ... Scientist (uncredited)
Spencer Chan ... Japanese Naval Officer (uncredited)
Peter Chong ... Japanese General (uncredited)
Bron Clifford ... Chaplain (uncredited)
Bruce Cowling ... Enola Gay Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Ralph Crane ... Weatherman (uncredited)
Frank Dae ... Senator (uncredited)
Bert Davidson ... Armed Guard (uncredited)
Boyd Davis ... Senator (uncredited)
Harry Denny ... Passing Officer (uncredited)
Tom Dillon ... Gregor (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn ... Guard (uncredited)
Dick Earle ... Industrialist (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock ... Townswoman (uncredited)

Blake Edwards ... CIC Man (uncredited)
Frank Erickson ... Attendant (uncredited)
Lloyd Everett ... Enola Gay Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Budd Fine ... Evictee (uncredited)
William Forrest ... Brigadier General (uncredited)
Ted French ... Townsman (uncredited)
Arno Frey ... Nazi Official (uncredited)
Paul Fung ... Japanese Radar Officer (uncredited)
Jack Gallagher ... Evictee (uncredited)
John Gannon ... Orderly (uncredited)
Stewart Garner ... Communications Officer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ... President Truman's Secretary (uncredited)
Tom Gibson ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann ... Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Bob Gilbert ... Lieutenant, R.C.M., Enola Gay (uncredited)
Jon Gilbreath ... Attendant (uncredited)
William Graeff Jr. ... Emergency Switch Operator (uncredited)
Clarke Hardwicke ... Enola Gay Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ... Harried Editor (uncredited)
Bill Hickman ... Barometric Observer (uncredited)
Russell Hicks ... General (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins ... Gate Guard (uncredited)
James Horne Jr. ... Barmetric Observer (uncredited)
Anne Howard ... English Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Jimmy Hunt ... Little Boy (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson ... Senior Engineer (uncredited)
John James ... Engineer (uncredited)
William Janssen ... Instrument Operator (uncredited)
Bobby Jordan ... Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly ... Mack (uncredited)
Mike Killian ... Senior Engineer (uncredited)

Martin Kosleck ... Dr. O.E. Frisch (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Construction Engineer (uncredited)
Al Kunde ... Evictee (uncredited)
Nolan Leary ... Townsman (uncredited)
William F. Leicester ... Enola Gay Flight Engineer (uncredited)
Frank Leigh ... British General (uncredited)
James B. Leong ... Japanese Army Officer (uncredited)
Weaver Levy ... Japanese Sailor (uncredited)
Donald S. Lewis ... Secret Service Man (uncredited)
King Lockwood ... Col. Nichols (uncredited)
Richard Loo ... Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm ... Keith (uncredited)
Jack Manolas ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin ... Mexican Man (uncredited)
Louis Mason ... Workman (uncredited)
Roger McGee ... Scientist (uncredited)
Michael McGrath ... Dr. Kistiakonsky (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart ... Radio Operator (uncredited)
Patricia Medina ... Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Danny Merrill ... Scientist (uncredited)
Sybil Merritt ... Cute Guide (uncredited)
Torben Meyer ... Milkman (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell ... Townsman (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Merlyn Nelson ... Evictee (uncredited)
James Nolan ... President Roosevelt's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Industrialist (uncredited)
Larry Nunn ... Worried GI (uncredited)
Fred Nurney ... Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Ray Page ... Meter Man (uncredited)
Eddie Parks ... Bewildered Civilian (uncredited)
Charles Peck ... GI Messenger (uncredited)
Ray Pemberton ... Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
Bob Pepper ... Crewman (uncredited)
George Peters ... Nurse (uncredited)
Tom Pilkington ... Man with Counter (uncredited)
Otto Reichow ... Nazi Officer (uncredited)
William Roberts ... Enola Gay Radio Operator (uncredited)

Ellen Ross ... Waitress (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... German General's Aide (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell ... Winne (uncredited)
Jerry Schumacher ... Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Hans Schumm ... Nazi Police Officer (uncredited)
Dorothy Scott ... Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Robin Short ... Young Scientist (uncredited)
Buster Slaven ... Enola Gay Assistant Gunner (uncredited)
Lew Smith ... Wolfish Soldier (uncredited)
Eunice Soo-Hoo ... Japanese Child (uncredited)
Robert Spencer ... Nuclear Scientist (uncredited)
Jack Sterling ... Enola Gay Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Cedric Stevens ... Evictee (uncredited)
William Tannen ... Loudspeaker Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Richard Terry ... Enola Gay Radarman (uncredited)
David Thursby ... English Bobby (uncredited)
Frank Tomlinson ... Minor Role (uncredited)
George Travell ... Tinian Co-Pilot (uncredited)
H.T. Tsiang ... Prof. Okani (uncredited)
George Turner ... Pilot (uncredited)
Harry Tyler ... Man (uncredited)
William Van Vleck ... Evictee (uncredited)
Leslie Vincent ... English Junior Scientist (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Medical Major (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart ... Danish Customs Man (uncredited)
Eddy Waller ... Man (uncredited)
Constance Weiler ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry T. Wensel ... Wensel (uncredited)
Carl Wester ... Construction Engineer (uncredited)

Guy Williams ... Enola Gay Bombardier (uncredited)
Ronald Wong ... Japanese Child (uncredited)
Jack Worth ... Nazi Officer (uncredited)
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Produced by
Samuel Marx .... producer
 
Original Music by
Daniele Amfitheatrof 
 
Cinematography by
Ray June 
 
Film Editing by
George Boemler 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Hans Peters 
 
Set Decoration by
F. Keogh Gleason  (as Keogh Gleason)
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn .... makeup creator
 
Production Management
Sergei Petschnikoff .... unit manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stanley Goldsmith .... assistant director (uncredited)
Frank E. Myers .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
Donald Jahraus .... special effects
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Mantz .... aerial director of photography
 
Casting Department
Bobby Webb .... casting (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene .... costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Peter Ballbusch .... montage
 
Music Department
Sidney Cutner .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
William A. Consodine .... technical advisor: military
David Hawkins .... scientific technical advisor (as Dr. David Hawkins)
W. Bradford Shank .... scientific technical advisor
Charles W. Sweeney .... technical advisor: military
Edward R. Tompkins .... scientific technical advisor (as Dr. Edward R. Tompkins)
H.T. Wensel .... scientific technical advisor (as Dr. H.T. Wensel)
Paul Van Sloun .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Hal B. Wallis .... advisor (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Tony Owen .... acknowledgment: for his cooperation
 

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