Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
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| Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure Drama History |
| Written by | Millard Kaufman James Poe |
| Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
| Starring | Kim Darby Billy Crystal Patrick Duffy |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Franklin R. Levy Richard Reisberg Mike Wise |
| Producers | Ted Zachary Stanley Kallis |
| Cinematography | Robert L. Morrison |
| Editor | Byron Chudnow |
| Running time | 156 minutes |
| Production company | Viacom Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | November 23, 1980 |
Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film about the B-29 mission by the 509th Composite Group, the Army Air Force unit that dropped the first first atomic bomb to be used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II.
It was based on a book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts.
Cast
[edit]- Kim Darby as Lucy Tibbetts
- Billy Crystal as Lt. Jake Beser
- Patrick Duffy as Col. Paul Tibbetts
- Gary Frank as Maj. Tom Ferebee
- Gregory Harrison as Capt. Bob Lewis
- Richard Herd as General Leslie Groves
- Stephen Macht as William 'Bud' Uanna
- Bill Morey as General of the Army George C. Marshall
- Than Wyenn as Gen. Curtis LeMay
- Robert Pine as Capt. William "Deak" Parsons
- James Shigeta as Field Marshal Abehata
- Robert Walden as Robert Oppenheimer
- Ed Nelson as Pres. Harry S. Truman
- James Saito as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
- Walter Olkewicz as Sgt. 'Shug' Crawford
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Categories:
- 1980 films
- 1980 television films
- American television films
- American war films
- Films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Films directed by David Lowell Rich
- Films with screenplays by James Poe
- Japan in non-Japanese culture
- NBC original films
- Pacific War films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s American films
- American drama television film stubs