Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Roland Joffé.

Cast

• Paul Newman as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
• Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Bonnie Bedelia as Kitty Oppenheimer
• John Cusack as Michael Merriman
• Laura Dern as Kathleen Robinson
• Ron Frazier as Peter de Silva
• John C. McGinley as Richard Schoenfield
• Natasha Richardson as Jean Tatlock
• Ron Vawter as Jamie Latrobe
• Michael Brockman as William "Deke" Parsons
• Del Close as Dr. Kenneth Whiteside
• John Considine as Robert Tuckson
• Allan Corduner as Franz Goethe
• Joe D'Angerio as Seth Neddermeyer
• Jon DeVries as Johnny Mount
• James Eckhouse as Robert Harper
• Todd Field as Robert Wilson
• Mary Pat Gleason as Dora Welsh
• Clark Gregg as Douglas Panton
• Péter Halász as George Kistiakowsky
• Gerald Hiken as Leo Szilard
• Arthur Holden as Oakridge Doctor
• Ed Lauter as Whitney Ashbridge
• Donald MacKechnie as James Tuck
• Madison Mason as Boris Pash
• Krzysztof Pieczyński as Otto Frisch
• Don Pugsley as Bronston
• Logan Ramsey as Brehon Somervell
• Fred Thompson as Melrose Hayden Barry
• Jim True-Frost as Donald Hornig
• Barry Yourgrau as Edward Teller
• Marek Alboszta as Scientist
• Steven Baigelman as Dr. Avenell
• Frank Benettieri Jr. as Messenger
• Roger Cubicciotti as Frank Oppenheimer
• Franco Cutietta as Enrico Fermi
• Robert Peter Gale as Dr. Louis Hempelman
• Wesley Harrison as Peter Oppenheimer
• Brent Harrison as Peter Oppenheimer
• Tom McFarlane as Scientist

Crew

• Roland Joffé — Director
• Bruce Robinson — Screenplay
• Roland Joffé — Screenplay
• Vilmos Zsigmond — Director of Photography
• Ennio Morricone — Original Music Composer
• Tony Garnett — Producer

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