Casts

Clark Clifford

Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50

John Foster Dulles

Self (archive footage)

Georges Bidault

Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

George Coker

Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73

Walt Rostow

Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson

J. William Fulbright

Self - Senator

Randy Floyd

Self - Former Navy Captain

Charles Hoey

Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

Jerry Holter

Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

Stan Holder

Self - Former Corporal

Bobby Muller

Self - Former 1st Lieutenant

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

William C. Westmoreland

Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68

Nguyen Van Tai

Self - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi Tu

Self - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi Hue

Self - Hung Dinh Village

Father Chan Tin

Self - Saigon

Diem Chau

Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine

Hồ Chí Minh

Self (archive footage)

David Emerson

Self - Concord, Massachusetts

Mui Duc Giang

Self - Saigon

Edward Sowders

Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter

Lora Sowders

Self - Detroit

Barton Osborn

Self - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA

George Trendell

Self - Sergeant

Thich Lieu Minh

Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon

William Marshall

Self - Former Sergeant

George Patton IV

Self - Colonel

Duong Van Khai

Self - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village

Nguyen Ngoc Linh

Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate

Michael V. Sulsona

Self - Former Sergeant

I. F. Stone

Self - Journalist (voice)

Eugene McCarthy

Self - Senator (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Senator (archive footage)

Kay Dvorshock

Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend

Ngo Dinh Diem

Self (archive footage)

Nguyễn Khánh

Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65

Maxwell Taylor

Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Self (archive footage)

Nguyen Thi Sau

Self - Former Political Prisoner

Ngô Bá Thành

Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage)

Mary Cochran Emerson

Self - Wife of David Emerson

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Crews

Michael F. Barrow

Gaffer

Francis Daniel

Second Unit

James Nelson

Sound Editor

Karen Mitnick Liptak

Second Unit

Richard Pearce

Camera Operator

Barbara Kopple

Second Unit

David Wyles

Researcher

Pierre Cottrell

Consulting Producer

Bert Schneider

Producer

Frank Davis

Researcher

Brennon Jones

Researcher

Tom Cohen

Associate Producer

Carole Marner

Second Unit

Thomas C. Fox

Consulting Producer

Dell Byrne

Researcher

Chips Sowerwine

Consulting Producer

Tom Cohen

Sound

Richard Pearce

Associate Producer

Eugene Marner

Second Unit Director of Photography

Lennart Malmer

Director of Photography

Don Lenzer

Second Unit Director of Photography

Ralf D. Bode

Second Unit Director of Photography

Ed Lynch

Second Unit Director of Photography

Peter Davis

Producer

Peter Davis

Director

Susan Martin

Editor

Lynzee Klingman

Editor