Truman

Truman

135 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 9, 1995

Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.

Truman

135 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 9, 1995

Truman
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Spring Creek Productions, HBO Films
Original title Truman
Directors Jill Gurr, Frank Pierson
Writers Thomas Rickman, David McCullough

Cast

Gary Sinise

as Harry S. Truman

Diana Scarwid

as Bess Truman

Richard Dysart

as Henry L. Stimson

Colm Feore

as Charlie Ross

James Gammon

as Sam Rayburn

Tony Goldwyn

as Clark Clifford

Pat Hingle

as Boss Tom Pendergast

Harris Yulin

as Gen. George C. Marshall

Leo Burmester

as Frank Vassar

Amelia Campbell

as Margaret Truman

Virginia Capers

as Elizabeth Moore

John Finn

as Bob Hannagan

Zeljko Ivanek

as Eddie Jacobsen

David Lansbury

as Lt. Jim Pendergast

Remak Ramsay

as Dean Acheson

Marian Seldes

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Lois Smith

as Madge Wallace Gates

Daniel von Bargen

as General MacArthur

Winston Churchill

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lee Richardson

as Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited)

Harry Gibbs

as Vice-President Garner

Jessica Drake

as Woman Reporter

Addison Myers

as Operator

Michael Murphy

as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)

Jason Ray

as Soldier (Uncredited)