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2 January 1953 (USA) moreTagline:
"You're not the man I married. Not any more. You're ambitious...cold...and heartless!" morePlot:
Story of Col. Paul Tibbetts, the man who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Taylor | ... | Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets 509th Composite Group CO (pilot of Enola Gay) | |
| Eleanor Parker | ... | Lucey Tibbets | |
| James Whitmore | ... | Maj. William 'Bill' Uanna - Security Officer, Operation Silverplate | |
| Larry Keating | ... | Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent | |
| Larry Gates | ... | Capt. William 'Deak' Parsons, USN | |
| Marilyn Erskine | ... | Marge Bratton | |
| Stephen Dunne | ... | Maj. Harry Bratton, Co-pilot B-29 tests | |
| Robert Burton | ... | Gen. Samuel E. Roberts (Tibbets' CO in Africa) | |
| Hayden Rorke | ... | Dr. Ramsey | |
| Lawrence Dobkin | ... | Dr. Van Dyke (as Larry Dobkin) | |
| Jack Raine | ... | Dr. Fiske | |
| Jonathan Cott | ... | Capt. Dutch van Kirk (navigator, Enola Gay) | |
| Jeff Richards | ... | Maj. Thomas Ferebee (Enola Gay bombardier) | |
| Dick Simmons | ... | Capt. Robert A. Lewis (co-pilot, Enola Gay) | |
| John McKee | ... | Staff Sergeant Wyatt E. Duzenbury, Enola Gay Flight Engineer |
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The sequences showing the bombing of Hiroshima were lifted from another MGM film, The Beginning or the End (1947), which was about the development and use of the first atomic bombs. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the B-29 is on final approach for the crash landing the wheels are up but when it crashes the left wheel is down. It's also a B-17 crashing, not the B-29. moreFAQ
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Real good work. Its straight ahead, no frills film-making had me in its grip every step of the way. Just a good old-fashioned major studio A picture; it's like tooling around in a luxury car. And I don't care what anybody says - Robert Taylor was a fine actor. I've seen a number of his films now and he hasn't given a bad performance yet. It is a tad disconcerting to have Mr. McGoo playing General Curtis LeMay, but it's a small part and I let it slide.