The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
Robert Taylor
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
Eleanor Parker
as Lucey Tibbets
James Whitmore
as Maj. William M. Uanna
Larry Keating
as Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent
Larry Gates
as Capt. William Parsons
Marilyn Erskine
as Marge Bratton
Stephen Dunne
as Maj. Harry Bratton
Robert Burton
as Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
Hayden Rorke
as Dr. Ramsey
Lawrence Dobkin
as Dr. Van Dyke
Jack Raine
as Dr. Fiske
Jonathan Cott
as Capt. Dutch van Kirk
