Cast & Crew

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Writing Credits

Frank Wead
(screen play)
Bob Considine
(original story) (as Robert Considine)

Cast

Brian Donlevy
Major General Leslie R. Groves
Robert Walker
Colonel 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. Marré
Richard Haydn
Dr. Chisholm
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Vannevar Bush
John Litel
K. T. Keller
Henry O'Neill
General Thomas F. Farrell
Warner Anderson
Captain William S. Parsons, U.S.N.
Barry Nelson
Colonel Paul Tibbetts Jr.
Art Baker
President Harry S. Truman
Ludwig Stössel
Dr. Albert Einstein
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
General Brehon Somervell
Paul Harvey
Lieut. General W.D. Styer
Larry Johns
Quaker Scientist
Robert Emmett Keane
Dr. Rand
James Bush
Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence
Trevor Bardette
Clinic Doctor
William Wright
Colonel John Lansdale
Damian O'Flynn
C. D. Howe
Richard Abbott
Danish Underground Leader
Philip Ahlm
Armed Guard
John Albright
Quaker Scientist
Erville Alderson
Secretary of War Henry Stimson
Kirk Alyn
Scientist
Rod Bacon
Crew Member
Frank Baker
Canadian Officer
Walter Baldwin
Workman
John Banner
German Laboratory Assistant
Gregg Barton
Enola Gay Navigator
Holger Bendixen
German Submarine Commander
Lee Bennett
Sergeant
Joseph E. Bernard
Townsman
Margaret Bert
Townswoman
Robert Bice
Co-Pilot
William Bishop
2nd Lieutenant - Electronics Officer, Enola Gay
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
Armed Guard
Larry J. Blake
Tough Military Policeman
Stanley Blystone
Civilian Guard
John Bogden
Scientist
Charles Bradstreet
Airport Guard
Tex Brodus
Enola Gay Ground Crewman
Paul Bryar
Army Officer
Tom Burton
Officer
Roy Butler
Townsman
George M. Carleton
Senator
James Carlisle
Industrialist
Douglas Carter
Quaker Scientist
Ed Cassidy
Rafferty
Frank Chalfant
Scientist
Spencer Chan
Japanese Naval Officer
Peter Chong
Japanese General
Bron Clifford
Chaplain
Bruce Cowling
Enola Gay Ground Crewman
Ralph Crane
Weatherman
Frank Dae
Senator
Bert Davidson
Armed Guard
Boyd Davis
Senator
Harry Denny
Passing Officer
Tom Dillon
Gregor
Ralph Dunn
Guard
Dick Earle
Industrialist
Helen Eby-Rock
Townswoman
Blake Edwards
CIC Man
Frank Erickson
Attendant
Herbert Evans
Scientist
Lloyd Everett
Enola Gay Ground Crewman
Budd Fine
Evictee
William Forrest
Brigadier General
Ted French
Townsman
Arno Frey
Nazi Official
Paul Fung
Japanese Radar Officer
Jack Gallagher
Evictee
John Gannon
Orderly
Stewart Garner
Communications Officer
Kenneth Gibson
President Truman's Secretary
Tom Gibson
Minor Role
Frederick Giermann
Nazi Officer
Bob Gilbert
Lieutenant - R.C.M., Enola Gay
Jon Gilbreath
Attendant
William Graeff Jr.
Emergency Switch Operator
Clarke Hardwicke
Enola Gay Co-Pilot
Sam Harris
Scientist on Plane
Harry Hayden
Harried Editor
Bill Hickman
Barometric Observer
Russell Hicks
General
Earle Hodgins
Gate Guard
Jimmie Horan
Soldier at Airfield
James Horne Jr.
Barmetric Observer
Anne Howard
English Laboratory Assistant
Jimmy Hunt
Little Boy
Selmer Jackson
Senior Engineer
John James
Engineer
William Janssen
Instrument Operator
Bobby Jordan
Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Tommy Kelly
Mack
John B. Kennedy
Self - Newsreel Narrator
Mike Killian
Senior Engineer
Martin Kosleck
Dr. O. E. Frisch
Paul Kruger
Construction Engineer
Al Kunde
Evictee
Peter Lawford
Member of Military Personnel
Nolan Leary
Townsman
Jack Lee
Gen. Groves' Aide
William F. Leicester
Enola Gay Flight Engineer
Frank Leigh
British General
James B. Leong
Japanese Army Officer
Weaver Levy
Japanese Sailor
Donald S. Lewis
Secret Service Man
King Lockwood
Colonel Nichols
Richard Loo
Japanese Officer
Robert Malcolm
Keith
Jack Manolas
Minor Role
Chris-Pin Martin
Mexican Man
Louis Mason
Workman
Roger McGee
Scientist
Michael McGrath
Dr. Kistiakonsky
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Radio Operator
Patricia Medina
Mrs. Wyatt
Danny Merrill
Scientist
Sybil Merritt
Cute Guide
Torben Meyer
Milkman
Howard M. Mitchell
Townsman
Forbes Murray
Briefing Officer
Merlyn Nelson
Evictee
James Nolan
President Roosevelt's Bodyguard
Wedgwood Nowell
Industrialist
Larry Nunn
Worried GI
Fred Nurney
Nazi Officer
Ray Page
Meter Man
Eddie Parks
Bewildered Civilian
Charles Peck
GI Messenger
Ray Pemberton
Electronics Engineer
Bob Pepper
Crewman
George Peters
Nurse
Tom Pilkington
Man with Counter
Otto Reichow
Nazi Officer
William Roberts
Enola Gay Radio Operator
Ellen Ross
Waitress
Carl Saxe
German General's Aide
Frank J. Scannell
Winne
Jerry Schumacher
Nazi Officer
Hans Schumm
Nazi Police Officer
Dorothy Scott
Laboratory Assistant
Robin Short
Young Scientist
Leslie Sketchley
Soldier
Buster Slaven
Enola Gay Assistant Gunner
J. Lewis Smith
Wolfish Soldier
Eunice Soo-Hoo
Japanese Child
Robert Spencer
Nuclear Scientist
Jack Sterling
Enola Gay Tail Gunner
Bert Stevens
Man at Time Capsule Ceremony
Cedric Stevens
Evictee
William Tannen
Soldier at A-Bomb Test
Richard Terry
Enola Gay Radarman
David Thursby
English Bobby
Frank Tomlinson
Minor Role
George Travell
Tinian Co-Pilot
H.T. Tsiang
Prof. Okani
George Turner
Pilot
Harry Tyler
Man
William Van Vleck
Evictee
Leslie Vincent
English Junior Scientist
Emmett Vogan
Medical Major
Hans von Morhart
Danish Customs Man
Eddy Waller
Man
Constance Weiler
Minor Role
Harry T. Wensel
Wensel
Carl Wester
Construction Engineer
Guy Williams
Enola Gay Bombardier
Ronald Wong
Japanese Child
Jack Worth
Nazi Officer

Produced by

Samuel Marx
producer

Music by

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Cinematography by

Ray June
director of photography

Editing by

George Boemler

Art Direction by

Cedric Gibbons
Hans Peters

Set Decoration by

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)

Art Department

F. Keogh Gleason
associate set decorator (as Keogh Gleason)

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording director

Special Effects by

A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects
Donald Jahraus
special effects associate
Warren Newcombe
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Mantz
aerial director of photography (uncredited)

Casting Department

Bobby Webb
casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Irene
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Peter Ballbusch
montage effects

Music Department

Sidney Cutner
orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken
orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

William A. Consodine
military technical adviser: Manhattan Project (as William A. Consodine Col. A.U.S.)
David Hawkins
scientific technical adviser: Los Alamos, New Mexico (as Dr. David Hawkins)
W. Bradford Shank
scientific technical adviser: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Charles W. Sweeney
military technical adviser (as Charles W. Sweeney Lt. Col. A.C.)
Edward R. Tompkins
scientific technical adviser: Oak Ridge, Tennessee (as Dr. Edward R. Tompkins)
H.T. Wensel
scientific technical adviser (as Dr. H. T. Wensel)
Paul Van Sloun
technical advisor (uncredited)
Hal B. Wallis
advisor (uncredited)

Thanks

Tony Owen
acknowledgment: for his cooperation (as Mr. Tony Owen)
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