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Writers:
Beirne Lay Jr. (story)
Melvin Frank (writer) ...
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Release Date:
2 January 1953 (USA) more
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Tagline:
"You're not the man I married. Not any more. You're ambitious...cold...and heartless!" more
Plot:
Story of Col. Paul Tibbetts, the man who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A history we must not forget more (19 total)

Cast

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Robert Taylor ... Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets 509th Composite Group CO (pilot of Enola Gay)
Eleanor Parker ... Lucey Tibbets
James Whitmore ... Maj. William 'Bill' Uanna - Security Officer, Operation Silverplate
Larry Keating ... Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent
Larry Gates ... Capt. William 'Deak' Parsons, USN
Marilyn Erskine ... Marge Bratton
Stephen Dunne ... Maj. Harry Bratton, Co-pilot B-29 tests
Robert Burton ... Gen. Samuel E. Roberts (Tibbets' CO in Africa)
Hayden Rorke ... Dr. Ramsey
Lawrence Dobkin ... Dr. Van Dyke (as Larry Dobkin)
Jack Raine ... Dr. Fiske
Jonathan Cott ... Capt. Dutch van Kirk (navigator, Enola Gay)
Jeff Richards ... Maj. Thomas Ferebee (Enola Gay bombardier)
Dick Simmons ... Capt. Robert A. Lewis (co-pilot, Enola Gay)
John McKee ... Staff Sergeant Wyatt E. Duzenbury, Enola Gay Flight Engineer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eagle on His Cap (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
122 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The sequences showing the bombing of Hiroshima were lifted from another MGM film, The Beginning or the End (1947), which was about the development and use of the first atomic bombs. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Most of the scenes showing Tibbets piloting a B-29 around the Wichita area show tall, arid mountains and desert terrain - definitely not the topographical characteristics of Wichita, or anywhere else in Kansas. more
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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A history we must not forget, 20 September 2000
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Author: boots-15 from Grand Rapids, Michigan

The youth of today must never forget what dropping this bomb did. It saved hundred of thousands of American AND Japanese lives. The United States never started the war. Remember that. Coventry England and Dresden Germany were obliterated by many planes and many bombs. Is there a difference if one plane and one bomb could do the job? Stopping wars is the only way to solve all of this.

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