The Most Dangerous Man in America(2009)
movie - first aired/released 2009-10-16 - 92 min - audience 7.4
Documentary
Directed by Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "imperial" presidency – answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people – in order to help end the Vietnam War.
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Cast
Daniel EllsbergSelf (Narraror)- Patricia EllsbergSelf
- John DeanSelf - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Howard ZinnSelf - Historian- Peter ArnettSelf - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
- Ben BagdikianSelf - Editor, Washington Post
- Ann BeesonSelf - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
- Robert EllsbergSelf - Daniel's Son
- Richard FalkSelf - Professor of International Law
- Max FrankelSelf - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
- J. William FulbrightSelf - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
- James GoodaleSelf - General Counsel, New York Times
- Mike GravelSelf - Senator (D-Alaska)
- Morton HalperinSelf - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)- Randy KehlerSelf - Draft Resister
- Bud KroghSelf - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
- Pete McCloskeySelf - Representative, California
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Robert McNamaraSelf (archive footage)- Wayne MorseSelf - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf - President (archive footage)- Thomas OliphantSelf - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Dan RatherSelf - Reporter (archive footage)- Tony RussoSelf - RAND Analyst
- Thomas SchellingSelf - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate
- Hedrick SmithSelf - Reporter, New York Times
- Janaki TschannerlSelf - Peace Activist
Leonard WeinglassSelf - Russo Defense Attorney
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