The Decision to Drop the Bomb
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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

6.7
IMDb
🕐 84 min 📅 1965-01-05 PG-13
🌐 EN

J. Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this NBC News documentary. Originally produced and televised in 1965, two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was re-released in 2023 with an epilogue by Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian.

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Director

Fred Freed

Year

1965

Category

Hollywood

Ratings & scores.

IMDb Rating

6.7 /10

Rotten Tomatoes

67% 🍅

Metacritic

67 /100

Cast & crew.

🎭

Chet Huntley

Self

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self

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McGeorge Bundy

Self

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Leslie Groves

Self

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John J. McCloy

Self

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John Rich

Self - Special Correspondent

Available qualities.

1080p

1.5GB

720p

800MB

Where to watch.

Netflix
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Box office & stats.

Budget

N/A

Worldwide

N/A

Runtime

84 min

Release

1965-01-05