Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
GenreAdventure
Drama
History
Written byMillard Kaufman
James Poe
Directed byDavid Lowell Rich
StarringKim Darby
Billy Crystal
Patrick Duffy
Music byMaurice Jarre
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersFranklin R. Levy
Richard Reisberg
Mike Wise
ProducersTed Zachary
Stanley Kallis
CinematographyRobert L. Morrison
EditorByron Chudnow
Running time156 minutes
Production companyViacom Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseNovember 23, 1980 (1980-11-23)

Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film about the B-29 mission by the 509th Composite Group, the Army Air Force unit that dropped the first first atomic bomb to be used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II.

It was based on a book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts.

Cast