Shadow Makers (1989)

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Written by Bruce Robinson

Directed by Roland Joffé

Also known as "Fat Man and Little Boy"

Running Time: 130 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1989

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Dramatisation of the Manhattan Project, the race between America and Germany to build the first atomic bomb. Robert Oppenheimer is the tortured genius heading the project, his public scientific objectivity at odds with private misgivings over ethics.

Cast

Image for Paul NewmanPaul NewmanGeneral Leslie R. Groves
Dwight SchultzJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie BedeliaKitty Oppenheimer
Image for John CusackJohn CusackMichael Merriman
Image for Laura DernLaura DernKathleen Robinson
Ron FrazierPeter de Silva
Image for John C. McGinleyJohn C. McGinleyCapt. Richard Schoenfield
Image for Natasha RichardsonNatasha RichardsonJean Tatlock
Ron VawterJamie Latrobe
Michael BrockmanWilliam 'Deke' Parsons
Del CloseDr. Kenneth Whiteside
John ConsidineRobert Tuckson
Allan CordunerFranz Goethe
Joe D'AngerioSeth Neddermeyer
Jon DeVriesJohnny Mount

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