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1943. In viewing an act of subordination, Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent of the US Air Force decides to take a chance in appointing Lt. Col. , the said insubordinate, to lead the testing of a new long range bomber, Boeings B-29, for use in military service, as the plane operates like a dream in ideal conditions, but is known to be a deathtrap in extreme conditions often faced by the military. The General has a long term plan about which he does not inform Paul at this stage, but which is designed as a preemptive measure designed to end the war, the Allieds who seem to be losing: drop an atomic bomb, which is being developed in a top secret mission called the Manhattan Project, on a major Japanese city. While the testing of the bomber is a dangerous mission in and of itself, each progressive step along the way to the end goal becomes increasingly dangerous and difficult. When the team, including the Manhattan project researchers, come together at Wendover Air Force base in Utah to do the final testing with Paul the commanding officer, security will be paramount, where only a handful of people know the full story, all others will only know their small part of the entire plan, and when questioned one is supposed to answer evasively in not saying anything. As such, Paul has a zero tolerance policy for anyone breaking this protocol. Who are seen as the biggest security risks in total secrecy are the wives, who may talk out of turn at the proverbial hairdressers if they know too much. Although used to secrecy, Pauls wife, Lucey Tibbets, may not be able to withstand what Paul has turned into all in the name of national security in she not knowing whats going on. Also placing the mission at risk is Paul himself, who admits solely to himself that he is scared in wondering if the lives of innocent Japanese justifies the end of a better world if the mission is successful.
Colonel Paul W. Tibbets has been put in charge of the bomber squadron assigned to drop A-bombs on Japan. Training at Wendover Field, in the Utah desert, is grueling. Col. Tibbets wife Lucey provides voice over narration. Gradually, she comes to accept that she and the children are not as important as the A-bomb.
Robert Taylor
Col. Paul Tibbets
Eleanor Parker
Lucey Tibbets
James Whitmore
Maj. Uanna
Larry Keating
Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent
Larry Gates
Capt. Parsons
Marilyn Erskine
Marge Bratton
Stephen Dunne
Maj. Harry Bratton
Robert Burton
Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
Hayden Rorke
Dr. Ramsey
Lawrence Dobkin
Dr. Van Dyke
Jack Raine
Dr. Fiske
Jonathan Cott
Dutch Van Kirk
Jeff Richards
Thomas Ferebee
Dick Simmons
Bob Lewis
John McKee
Wyatt Duzenbury
Pat Conway
Radio Operator
Christopher Olsen
Paul Tibbets Jr.
William F. Leicester
Driver
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