

02/01/1953
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.

Robert Taylor
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets

Eleanor Parker
as Lucey Tibbets

James Whitmore
as Maj. William M. Uanna

Larry Keating
as Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent

Larry Gates
as Capt. William Parsons

Marilyn Erskine
as Marge Bratton

Stephen Dunne
as Maj. Harry Bratton

Robert Burton
as Gen. Samuel E. Roberts

Hayden Rorke
as Dr. Ramsey

Lawrence Dobkin
as Dr. Van Dyke

Jack Raine
as Dr. Fiske

Jonathan Cott
as Capt. Dutch van Kirk

Jeff Richards
as Maj. Thomas Ferebee

John McKee
as Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury

Dick Simmons
as Capt. Robert A. Lewis (Co-Pilot, Enola Gay)

Jim Backus
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Bess Flowers
as Wife at Washington D.C. Airport

Lee MacGregor
as Gen. Robert's Aide

Robert Stevenson
as Military Officer (uncredited)
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