The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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?"

Cast for The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer...

Campbell Scott
Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
Ellen Katz
The Stenographer
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage/photos)
David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Harry S. Truman
Self (Archive Footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (Archive Footage/Photos)
Lewis Strauss
Self (Archive Photos)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (Archive Photos)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (Archive Footage)
Edward Teller
Self (Archive Footage/Photos)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (Archive Footage)
Zoë Wanamaker
Self- Narrator