The Most Dangerous Man in America
# Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
📜 Overview:
"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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
2009-10-16
⌚ Running Time:
92 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.275
Beloved Cast
Self (Narraror)
Daniel Ellsberg
Self
Patricia Ellsberg
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
John Dean
Self - Historian
Howard Zinn
Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
Peter Arnett
Self - Editor, Washington Post
Ben Bagdikian
Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
Ann Beeson
Self - Daniel's Son
Robert Ellsberg
Self - Professor of International Law
Richard Falk
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
Max Frankel
Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
J. William Fulbright
Self - General Counsel, New York Times
James Goodale
Self - Senator (D-Alaska)
Mike Gravel
Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Morton Halperin
Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Draft Resister
Randy Kehler
Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
Bud Krogh
Self - Representative, California
Pete McCloskey
Self (archive footage)
Robert McNamara
Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Wayne Morse
Self - President (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Thomas Oliphant
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Dan Rather
Self - RAND Analyst
Tony Russo
Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate
Thomas Schelling
Self - Reporter, New York Times
Hedrick Smith
Self - Peace Activist
Janaki Tschannerl
Self - Russo Defense Attorney
Leonard Weinglass
