Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

Jason Clarke: Roger Robb

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• Roger Robb : Under the current AEC guidelines, would you clear Dr. Oppenheimer today?

  Leslie Groves : Under my interpretation of the Atomic Energy Act, which did not exist when I hired Dr. Oppenheimer in 1942, I would not clear him today if I were on the Commission.

  Roger Robb : Good. Thank you, General. That is all.

  Leslie Groves : But I don't think I'd clear any of those guys.

• Roger Robb : [while confronting Oppenheimer about Atomic Bomb]  And wouldn't the Russians do anything to increase their strength?

  J. Robert Oppenheimer : If we did it, they would have to do it! Our efforts would have only fueled their efforts just as it had with the atomic bomb!

  Roger Robb : Just as it had with the atomic bomb! Exactly!

• Roger Robb : Would it be fair to say that this meant that by 1942 he had not stopped having anything to do with the Communist Party? You don't have to answer that yes or no. You can answer any way you wish.

  Kitty Oppenheimer : I know that. Thank you. But the question isn't properly phrased.

  Roger Robb : Do you understand what I am trying to get at?

  Kitty Oppenheimer : Yes, I do.

  Roger Robb : Why don't you answer it that way?

  Kitty Oppenheimer : I don't like the phrase 'having anything to do with the Communist Party' because Robert never had anything to do with the Communist Party as such. I know he gave money for Spanish refugees. I know he took an intellectual interest in Communist ideas...

  Roger Robb : Are there two kinds of Communists? An intellectual Communist and a plain ordinary Commie?

  Kitty Oppenheimer : I couldn't answer that one.

  Ward Evans : I couldn't either.