Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Daniel Ellsberg

   Self (Narraror)

2. 

   Patricia Ellsberg

   Self

3. 

   John Dean

   Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon

4. 

   Howard Zinn

   Self - Historian

5. 

   Peter Arnett

   Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)

6. 

   Ben Bagdikian

   Self - Editor, Washington Post

7. 

   Ann Beeson

   Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU

8. 

   Robert Ellsberg

   Self - Daniel's Son

9. 

   Richard Falk

   Self - Professor of International Law

10. 

    Max Frankel

    Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times

11. 

    J. William Fulbright

    Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)

12. 

    James Goodale

    Self - General Counsel, New York Times

13. 

    Mike Gravel

    Self - Senator (D-Alaska)

14. 

    Morton Halperin

    Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)

15. 

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)

16. 

    Randy Kehler

    Self - Draft Resister

17. 

    Bud Krogh

    Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)

18. 

    Pete McCloskey

    Self - Representative, California

19. 

    Robert McNamara

    Self (archive footage)

20. 

    Wayne Morse

    Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)

21. 

    Richard Nixon

    Self - President (archive footage)

22. 

    Thomas Oliphant

    Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)

23. 

    Dan Rather

    Self - Reporter (archive footage)

24. 

    Tony Russo

    Self - RAND Analyst

25. 

    Thomas Schelling

    Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate

26. 

    Hedrick Smith

    Self - Reporter, New York Times

27. 

    Janaki Tschannerl

    Self - Peace Activist

28. 

    Leonard Weinglass

    Self - Russo Defense Attorney