
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.
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

John Aylward
Dean Rusk

Peter Jacobson
Adam Yarmolinsky

Gerry Becker
Walt Rostow

J.K. Simmons
CIA Briefer

Reed Diamond
Duty Officer

Gary Sinise
George Wallace

Cliff DeYoung
McGeorge Bundy

Francis Guinan
Nicholas Katzenbach

Robert Cicchini
Joseph Califano

Randy Oglesby
John Stennis

RayVeness
Lynda Bird Johnson

Brenda Wehle
Juanita Roberts
Crew

John Frankenheimer
Director, Executive Producer
Daniel Giat
Writer

Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor

Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography

Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Christopher K. Grap
Production Coordinator

Cary Brokaw
Executive Producer
Howard Dratch
Executive Producer
Edgar J. Scherick
Executive Producer
Guy Riedel
Producer
Shirley Davis
Line Producer

Waldemar Kalinowski
Production Design
Bruce Alan Greene
Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Lowell Rottenberg
Post Production Coordinator
Tim Pedegana
Post Production Supervisor
Mindy Marin
Casting
Susanna Sandke
Costume Supervisor
Toni-Ann Walker
Hair Department Head
Joy Zapata
Hairstylist
Ellen Powell
Hairstylist
Ora Green
Hairstylist
Lumas Hamilton Jr.
Hairstylist
Elaina P. Schulman
Hairstylist
Patricia Budz
Hairstylist
Stephen Robinette
Hairstylist
Georgina Williams
Hairstylist

Dennis Liddiard
Makeup Department Head
Timothy A. Miguel
Makeup Artist
Kimberly Felix
Makeup Artist
Jane Aull
Makeup Artist
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Kris Evans
Makeup Artist
Tena Austin
Makeup Artist
Cindy Gardner
Makeup Artist
Gretchen Davis
Makeup Artist
Mark Landon
Makeup Artist
Jan T. O'Connell
Art Department Coordinator
Matthias Schmitz
Sound Effects Editor
Mike Le Mare
Supervising Sound Editor
Kevin E. Carpenter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Vicari
Sound Mixer
Charles M. Wilborn
Sound Mixer
Kathy McCart
Sound Recordist
Gary Ritchie
Sound Recordist

Gary Chang
Scoring Mixer, Music
Richard O. Helmer
Special Effects Supervisor
Andrew Hardaway
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jonathan Rothbart
Visual Effects Supervisor
Robert W. Morgenroth
Visual Effects Supervisor
Marc Sadeghi
Visual Effects Producer
Linda Avitabile
Visual Effects Coordinator
Arin Finger
Visual Effects Coordinator
Karl Rumpf
Visual Effects Coordinator
Ian McCamey
Visual Effects Editor
Evyen Klean
Music Supervisor
P.J. Bloom
Music Supervisor
Dan Savant
Music Arranger
Rick Fleishman
Music Arranger
Ray Espinola Jr.
Music Producer
Robert Garrett
Music Editor
Florence Fellman
Set Decoration
Bret Ross
Set Dresser
William S. Maxwell III
Set Dresser
Chris Peterson
Set Dresser
Samuel J. Tell
Set Dresser
Adam Austin
Set Dresser
Dutch Merrick
Set Dresser
David Agajanian
Set Dresser
Jeff Hay
Set Dresser
Jeannine Stevens
Set Dresser
Keith Sale
Set Dresser
Antoinette J. Gordon
Set Designer
Richard F. Mays
Set Designer
Maxine Bergen
Script Supervisor

Mimi Lesseos
Stunts
Lee Waddell
Stunts

Blaise Corrigan
Stunts

Rick Kain
Stunts
Jacob Chambers
Stunts
Lynn Salvatori
Stunt Driver, Stunt Double

Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator

Joey Anaya
Stunt Double
Barbara Gregson
Archival Footage Research
Sanjay Bhattacharya
Production Manager
Carol Flaisher
Production Manager
Donna Jean Coates
Researcher

Kyle Cooper
Title Designer
Jan O'Connell
Art Direction
Scott Meehan
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