The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Cast
David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson
Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Wershba
Frank Langella
William Paley
Ray Wise
Don Hollenbeck
Robert John Burke
Charlie Mack
Reed Diamond
John Aaron
Tate Donovan
Jesse Zousmer
Grant Heslov
Don Hewitt
Tom McCarthy
Palmer Williams
Matt Ross
Eddie Scott
Rose Abdoo
Mili Lerner
Alex Borstein
Natalie
Peter Jacobson
Jimmy
Robert Knepper
Don Surine
Dianne Reeves
Jazz Singer
Peter Martin
Pianist
Christoph Luty
Bassist
Jeff Hamilton
Drummer
Matt Catingub
Saxophonist
Glenn Morshower
Colonel Anderson
Don Creech
Colonel Jenkins
Helen Slayton-Hughes
Mary
Simon Helberg
CBS Page
JD Cullum
Stage Manager
John Kepley
CBS Lawyer #1
David Paul Christian
CBS Lawyer #2
Joyce Lasley
Make-Up Girl
Bill Blair
TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)
Joseph Dowd
Reporter (uncredited)
Bruna Matsin
Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)
Katharine Phillips Moser
Jesse's Wife (uncredited)
Alexana Thomas
Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Dave Thompson
News Photographer (uncredited)
Rochelle Warner
Speech Wife (uncredited)
Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Liberace
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John L. McClellan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Milo Radulovich
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph N. Welch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
George Clooney
Director, Screenplay
Grant Heslov
Screenplay, Producer
Stephen Mirrione
Editor
Robert Elswit
Director of Photography
David Webb
First Assistant Director
Melissa V. Barnes
Second Assistant Director
Marc Butan
Executive Producer
Ben Cosgrove
Executive Producer
Jennifer Fox
Executive Producer
Todd Wagner
Executive Producer
Chris Salvaterra
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
Mark Cuban
Executive Producer
Steven Soderbergh
Executive Producer
Samuel Hadida
Co-Executive Producer
Victor Hadida
Co-Executive Producer
Barbara A. Hall
Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
Simon Franks
Co-Producer
Kiyotaka Ninomiya
Co-Producer
Zygi Kamasa
Co-Producer
James D. Bissell
Production Design
Colin Anderson
Camera Operator
Barry Idoine
First Assistant "A" Camera
Larissa Supplitt
Second Assistant "A" Camera
John T. Connor
First Assistant "B" Camera
Jeff Kunkle
Dolly Grip
Ryan Piers Williams
Camera Production Assistant
Rachel Tenner
Casting Associate
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Lucinda Campbell
Key Costumer
Lynda Foote
Costume Supervisor
Louise Frogley
Costume Design
Waldo Sanchez
Hair Department Head, Makeup Department Head
Joy Zapata
Key Hair Stylist
Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist
Violet Ortiz
Hairstylist
Ron Berkeley
Key Makeup Artist
Charlotte Raybourn
Art Department Coordinator
John Joseph Thomas
Sound Effects Editor
Aaron Glascock
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Curt Schulkey
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Oscar Mitt
Assistant Sound Editor
Lance Brown
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Edward Tise
Production Sound Mixer
Randall L. Johnson
Boom Operator
Pamela Kahn
Foley Artist
Alyson Dee Moore
Foley Artist
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Mary Jo Lang
Foley Mixer
Scott Morgan
Foley Recordist
Lynne Redding
ADR Voice Casting
Michael Bauman
Chief Lighting Technician
Simone Perusse
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Dusty Saunders
Transportation Coordinator
Tad Driscoll
Production Accountant
Susan Dudeck
Dialogue Editor
J. A. Byerly
Rigging Gaffer
Hank Sheppherd
Key Rigging Grip
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
Gae S. Buckley
Set Designer
Karen Higgins
Construction Coordinator
Melinda Sue Gordon
Still Photographer
Diane Hassinger Newman
Script Supervisor
Tony Bonaventura
Property Master
Ellis J. Barbacoff
Assistant Property Master
John Morris
Best Boy Grip
Gregg Schaublin
Digital Intermediate Producer
David D. Scott
Video Assist Operator
Michael Kenner
Key Grip
Jeff Winn
Craft Service
Christa Munro
Art Direction
Douglas Crise
First Assistant Editor
Rocky Quiroz
Utility Sound
Louise Del Araujo
Leadman
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