The Beginning or the End (1947)

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Directed by

Norman Taurog

Writing Credits

Frank Wead	...	(screen play)

Bob Considine	...	(original story) (as Robert Considine)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete


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

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)

Crew believed to be complete

The Beginning or the End (1947)

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