A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
Directed by John Frankenheimer
vietnam war
vietcong
usa president
cold war
failure
advisor
1960s
difficult choice
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Cast
Michael Gambon
Lyndon Johnson
Donald Sutherland
Clark Clifford
Alec Baldwin
Robert McNamara
Bruce McGill
George Ball
James Frain
Richard Goodwin
Felicity Huffman
Lady Bird Johnson
Philip Baker Hall
Everett Dirksen
Frederic Forrest
Earle G. Wheeler
Diana Scarwid
Marny Clifford
Sarah Paulson
Luci Baines Johnson
Chris Eigeman
Bill Moyers
Tom Skerritt
William Westmoreland
Crew
John Frankenheimer
Director
Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Cary Brokaw
Executive Producer
John Frankenheimer
Executive Producer
Mimi Lesseos
Stunts
Blaise Corrigan
Stunts
Rick Kain
Stunts
Gary Chang
Music
Waldemar Kalinowski
Production Design
Dennis Liddiard
Makeup Department Head
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Matt Sulla
8.0★ · 01/15/26
Super interesting going over a lot of details in this time period. Performances were great and didn’t feel like a 2 and half hour history bio pic. 80/100
Super interesting going over a lot of details in this time period. Performances were great and didn’t feel like a 2 and half hour history bio pic. 80/100
