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AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: OPPENHEIMER, PART 2 (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:21251. One in this dramatic anthology series. Part two of seven. This seven-part mini-series deals with the controversial life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who headed the top secret project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, to develop and deploy the first atomic bomb. In this episode, Germany and the United States race to develop an atomic weapon, and Oppenheimer is chosen by the U.S. Army to serve as the head scientist in the bomb design project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Includes a promo for the "American Playhouse" production, "Oppenheimer, Part Three." Continues with T:21253.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: May 18, 1982 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:47
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:21252
- GENRE: Docudrama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Docudrama; Atomic weapons; Biography
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Promos - "American Playhouse"
CREDITS
- Peter Goodchild … Executive Producer
- Lindsay Law … Coordinating Producer
- Ruth Caleb … Associate Producer
- Barry Davis … Director
- Peter Prince … Writer
- Carl Davis … Music by
- The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra … Music by
- Michael Small … Theme Music by
- John Carson … Narrator
- Richard Kiler … Announcer
- Sam Waterston … Cast, J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Manning Redwood … Cast, General Leslie Groves
- Ed Devereaux … Cast, General Wihelm Styer
- Edward Hardwicke … Cast, Enrico Fermi
- Bob Sherman … Cast, Ernest Lawrence
- Matthew Guinness … Cast, Hans Bethe
- Peter Whitman … Cast, Robert Serber
- Robert Henderson … Cast, Scientist
- David Oliver … Cast, Emil Konopinski
- David Suchet … Cast, Edward Teller
- Kate Harper … Cast, Jean Tatlock
- Christopher Muncke … Cast, Colonel Kenneth Nichols
- Alex Davion … Cast, Arthur Compton
- Gabor Vernon … Cast, Leo Szilard
- Jana Shelden … Cast, Kitty Oppenheimer
- John Cassady … Cast, FBI Agent
- William Hootkins … Cast, FBI Agent
- Christopher Malcolm … Cast, Steve Nelson
- Peter Marinker … Cast, Haakron Chevalier
- Colette Hiller … Cast, Barbara Chevalier
- Erica Stevens … Cast, Charlotte Serber