TV series
Manhattan
Overview
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.
Details
- First air date
- 2014-07-27
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 23 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Network
- WGN America
- Production
- Lionsgate Television, Shoe Money Productions, Skydance Television, Skydance Media, Darkbloom Productions, Tribune Studios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Benjamin Hickey as Frank Winter
- Olivia Williams as Liza Winter
- Ashley Zukerman as Charlie Isaacs
- Rachel Brosnahan as Abby Isaacs
- Harry Lloyd as Paul Crosley
- Katja Herbers as Helen Prins
- Michael Chernus as Louis "Fritz" Fedowitz
- Christopher Denham as Jim Meeks
- Daniel Stern as Glen Babbit
- Alexia Fast as Callie Winter
- Stafford Douglas as Thatcher
- William L. Petersen as Col. Emmett Darrow
Creators and crew
- Sam Shaw - Creator
- Julie DeJoie - Producer
- Thomas Schlamme - Director
- Andrew Bernstein - Director
- Dan Attias - Director
- Julie Anne Robinson - Director
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