The read
It runs a compact 27m.
Synopsis
Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific statements describing the devastating consequences of a nuclear war.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Key crew
- Robert B. ChurchillDirector
- Edmund H. NorthWriter
Cast
- Burt LancasterSelf - Host / Narrator
- Shigeko SasamoriSelf - Hiroshima survivor
- Gene R. LaRocqueSelf - Rear Admiral U.S.N. (Ret.) (archive footage)
- Kosta TsipisSelf - PhD. (archive footage)
- Victor W. SidelSelf - M.D. (archive footage)
- John Kenneth GalbraithSelf - PhD. (archive footage)
- Richard G. SaxonSelf - M.D. (archive footage)
- Judd MarmorSelf - M.D. (archive footage)
- H. Jack GeigerSelf - M.D. (archive footage)
- Helen CaldicottSelf - M.B., B.S. (archive footage)
- Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf - President of the United States (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
nuclear warnuclear holocaustnuclear warfarepolitical documentarynuclear disarmament