Fat Man and Little Boy poster
Screenplay Roland Joffé, Bruce Robinson
Director Roland Joffé

Fat Man and Little Boy

Tagline: The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.

Release Date: 1989-10-20

Duration: 127 minutes

Synopsis

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."

Casting

  • Bonnie Bedelia
    Kitty Oppenheimer
  • John Cusack
    Michael Merriman
  • Paul Newman
    Gen. Leslie R. Groves
  • Laura Dern
    Kathleen Robinson
  • Clark Gregg
    Douglas Panton
  • John C. McGinley
    Richard Schoenfield
  • Dwight Schultz
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Allan Corduner
    Franz Goethe
  • Alan Oppenheimer
    (voice)
  • James Eckhouse
    Robert Harper