Discover
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover.
Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
Original Release
12/10/2014
US Release
12/10/2014
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Allen | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Michael Stewart Allen | Dunford |
Joel Briel | Caspar Weinberger |
Bryan Clark | Reagan |
James Cronin | Chief of Staff |
Peter Davenport | Lehman |
Jonathan Fielding | Midshipman #1 |
Jonathan Forte | Rickover's Aide |
Antony Hagopian | Anderson |
Torsten N. Hillhouse | Beach |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Allen | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Michael Stewart Allen | Dunford |
Joel Briel | Caspar Weinberger |
Bryan Clark | Reagan |
James Cronin | Chief of Staff |
Peter Davenport | Lehman |
Jonathan Fielding | Midshipman #1 |
Jonathan Forte | Rickover's Aide |
Antony Hagopian | Anderson |
Torsten N. Hillhouse | Beach |
Lauren Hubbell | Engineer #2 |
Michael Kirby | Midshipman #2 |
David Lavine | Ted Rockwell |
Thomas Lyons | Panoff |
George McDaniel | Supply Co. Executive |
Nick Mills | Roddis |
Stevan Lee Mraovitch | Military police |
Tim Blake Nelson | Admiral Rickover |
Kyle Nunn | Carter |
Jay Patterson | McShane |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Steve Bannon | Executive Producer |
Gina Pack | Executive Producer |
Michael Pack | Executive Producer |
Theodore Rockwell | Executive Producer |
Michael Hausman | Producer |