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Release Date:
11 May 1982 (USA) more
Plot:
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II... more
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Still unforgettable 20 years later more (18 total)
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 33 of 35)| Sam Waterston | ... | Robert Oppenheimer (7 episodes, 1980) | |
| John Carson | ... | Narrator (7 episodes, 1980) | |
| Christopher Muncke | ... | Colonel Kenneth Nichols / ... (6 episodes, 1980) | |
| Jana Shelden | ... | Kitty Oppenheimer / ... (6 episodes, 1980) | |
| Edward Hardwicke | ... | Enrico Fermi (6 episodes, 1980) | |
| David Suchet | ... | Edward Teller (6 episodes, 1980) | |
| Manning Redwood | ... | General Leslie Groves (5 episodes, 1980) | |
| Peter Whitman | ... | Robert Serber (5 episodes, 1980) | |
| Matthew Guinness | ... | Hans Bethe (5 episodes, 1980) | |
| Bob Sherman | ... | Ernest Lawrence (4 episodes, 1980) | |
| John Morton | ... | Robert Wilson (4 episodes, 1980) | |
| Garrick Hagon | ... | Frank Oppenheimer (4 episodes, 1980) | |
| Barry Dennen | ... | Isidor Rabi (4 episodes, 1980) | |
| Ron Berglas | ... | John Manley (3 episodes, 1980) | |
| Liza Ross | ... | Jacky Oppenheimer (3 episodes, 1980) | |
| Blain Fairman | ... | Robert Bacher (3 episodes, 1980) | |
| Kate Harper | ... | Jean Tatlock (3 episodes, 1980) | |
| Peter Marinker | ... | Haakon Chevalier (3 episodes, 1980) | |
| Peter Banks | ... | Joseph Volpe (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Phil Brown | ... | Lewis Strauss (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| David Baxt | ... | Colonel John Lansdale (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Milton Johns | ... | George Kistiakowsky (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Anthony Forrest | ... | Rossi Lomanitz (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Colin Bennett | ... | Seth Neddermeyer (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Billy J. Mitchell | ... | Captain 'Deke' Parsons (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Stevens Erica | ... | Charlotte Serber (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Rosemary Faith | ... | Mitzi Teller (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Christopher Malcolm | ... | Steve Nelson (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Sarah Brackett | ... | Priscilla Duffield (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Douglas Lambert | ... | Kenneth Bainbridge (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| John Cassady | ... | F.B.I. Agent (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| William Hootkins | ... | F.B.I. Agent (2 episodes, 1980) | |
| Nigel Anthony | ... | Scientist (2 episodes, 1980) |
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50 min (7 episodes)
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Gen. Leslie Groves:
Are you a communist?
J. Robert Oppenheimer:
No.
Gen. Leslie Groves:
Have you ever been a communist?
J. Robert Oppenheimer:
No.
Gen. Leslie Groves:
Then why are half your friends communists?
J. Robert Oppenheimer:
Not quite half.
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I saw this series on PBS in 1980 in college and I still can't get it out of my head, although I have never seen it since. I remember every cast member (the casting WAS perfect, as mentioned in other comments), the design, the lighting and, of course, the story, which is by itself is enough to keep you glued to the set. Probably the best TV series I ever saw next to the original "Roots."