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The Beginning or the End (1947)

112 min · biographical film, drama film, war film

Popularity3.5/5
12-month trend3.4k932Expand

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3.4k02025-09: 932 views2025-10: 1,076 views2025-11: 959 views2025-12: 1,095 views2026-01: 1,331 views2026-02: 1,043 views2026-03: 1,071 views2026-04: 3,387 views2026-05: 1,360 views2026-06: 1,016 views2026-07: 1,210 views2026-08: 1,139 views
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Directors

Norman Taurog

Cast

Agnes Moorehead, Art Baker, Audrey Totter, Barry Nelson, Beverly Tyler, Bill Hickman, Blake Edwards, Bobby Jordan, Brian Donlevy, Charles Trowbridge, Chrispin Martin, Damian O'Flynn, Earle Hodgins, Eddy Waller, Edward Earle, Emmett Vogan, Erville Alderson, Frank Wilcox, Godfrey Tearle, Guy Williams, Harry Hayden, Henry O'Neill, Hume Cronyn, Hurd Hatfield, James Bush, James Nolan, Jim Davis, Jimmy Hunt, John Banner, John Gallaudet, John Hamilton, John Litel, Jonathan Hale, Joseph Calleia, Larry J. Blake, Leon Ames, Ludwig Stössel, Martin Kosleck, Nella Walker, Norman Lloyd, Patricia Medina, Paul Harvey, Ralph Dunn, Richard Haydn, Richard Loo, Robert Bice, Robert Walker, Russell Hicks, Selmer Jackson, Tom Drake, Trevor Bardette, Victor Francen, Walter Baldwin, Warner Anderson, William Bishop, William Forrest, William Tannen

The story

A prelude scene in the form of a Newsreel story suggests that the film is part of a package of information about the development of atomic energy and the atomic bomb being placed in a time capsule in California, to be opened in 2446. Physicist and atomic scientist Dr. J.

Catalogue themes and tags

Romance Film, Drama, Black-and-white, War film

Genres

biographical film, drama film, war film

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