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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

59% | Mar 24, 2008 | Documentary, History

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"

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David Grubin
Writer
Charles Olivier
Writer

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Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
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Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
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Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
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Ellen Katz
The Stenographer

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