Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
Overview
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.961 |
Directed By
David Lowell Rich
Crew
Maurice Jarre
Robert L. Morrison
Tom Pedigo
Jack De Shields
David Lowell Rich
Millard Kaufman
James Poe
Gordon Thomas
Max Morgan Witts
Stanley Kallis
Franklin R. Levy
Richard Reisberg
Mike Wise
Ted Zachary
Byron Chudnow
John V. Cartwright
Tom Noga
Christopher N. Seiter
TOP CAST
Billy Crystal
Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser
Kim Darby
Lucy Tibbets
Patrick Duffy
Col. Paul Tibbets
Gary Frank
Maj. Tom Ferebee
Gregory Harrison
Capt. Bob Lewis
Stephen Macht
Maj. William 'Bud' Uanna
Walter Olkewicz
Sgt. Shug Crawford
Robert Pine
Capt. William 'Deke' Parsons
James Shigeta
Field Marshal Abehata
Robert Walden
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Richard Venture
Alexander Sachs
Richard Herd
Gen. Groves
Henry Wilcoxon
Secretary of War Stimson
Ed Nelson
President Harry S. Truman
Stephen Roberts
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Michael Tucci
Capt. Claude Eatherly
Than Wyenn
Gen. Curtis LeMay
Stephen Burleigh
Theodore Van Kirk
Marion Yue
Aya
Bill Morey
Gen. George Marshall
John Fujioka
Gen. Nagai
James Saito
Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
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