Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)

6.0/10 • 156 min • War History TV Movie

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.

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

Michael Tucci

Capt. Claude Eatherly

Than Wyenn

Gen. Curtis LeMay

Bill Morey

Gen. George Marshall

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