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AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: OPPENHEIMER, PART 3 (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:21252. One in this dramatic anthology series. Part three of seven. This seven-part mini-series concerns the controversial life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who headed the top secret project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, to develop and deploy the first atomic bomb. In this episode, Oppenheimer continues his work with a team of scientists to develop the atomic weapon, but he is called upon by the Army to account for his early involvement with communist activities. Includes a promo for the "American Playhouse" production, "Oppenheimer, Part Four." Continues with T:21254.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: May 25, 1982 Tuesday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:46
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:21253
- GENRE: Docudrama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Docudrama; Atomic weapons; Biography
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Promos - "American Playhouse"
CREDITS
- Peter Goodchild … Executive Producer
- Lindsay Law … Coordinating Producer
- Ruth Caleb … Associate Producer
- Barry Davis … Director
- Peter Prince … Writer
- Carl Davis … Music by
- The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra … Music by
- Michael Small … Theme Music by
- John Carson … Narrator
- Richard Kiley … Announcer
- Sam Waterston … Cast, J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Jana Shelden … Cast, Kitty Oppenheimer
- David Baxt … Cast, Colonel John Lansdale
- John Morton … Cast, Robert Wilson
- Ron Berglas … Cast, John Manley
- Bob Sherman … Cast, Ernest Lawrence
- Peter Whitman … Cast, Robert Serber
- Erica Stevens … Cast, Charlotte Serber
- Barry Dennen … Cast, Isidor Rabi
- Shane Rimmer … Cast, Ed Condon
- David Suchet … Cast, Edward Teller
- Rosemary Faith … Cast, Mitzi Teller
- Pat Starr … Cast, Alice Smith
- Manning Redwood … Cast, General Leslie Groves
- Matthew Guinness … Cast, Hans Bethe
- Christopher Muncke … Cast, Colonel Kenneth Nichols
- Edward Hardwicke … Cast, Enrico Fermi
- Colin Bennett … Cast, Seth Neddermeyer
- Anthony Forrest … Cast, Rossi Lomanitz
- Kate Harper … Cast, Jean Tatlock
- Marc Smith … Cast, Lt. Colonel Boris Pash
- Sarah Brackett … Cast, Priscilla Duffield
- Billy J. Mitchell … Cast, Captain "Deke" Parsons
- John Cassady … Cast, FBI Agent
- William Hootkins … Cast, FBI Agent