Path to War

Path to War

165 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Oct. 28, 2003

A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.

Path to War

165 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Oct. 28, 2003

Path to War
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Avenue Pictures, HBO, Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Original title Path to War
Directors Maxine Bergen, John Frankenheimer
Writers

Cast

Michael Gambon

as Lyndon Johnson

Donald Sutherland

as Clark Clifford

Alec Baldwin

as Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense

Bruce McGill

as George Ball, Undersecretary of State

James Frain

as Richard Goodwin

Felicity Huffman

as Lady Bird Johnson

Philip Baker Hall

as Everett Dirksen

Frederic Forrest

as General Earle G. Wheeler

Diana Scarwid

as Marny Clifford

Sarah Paulson

as Luci Baines Johnson

Chris Eigeman

as Bill Moyers

Tom Skerritt

as General William Westmoreland

John Aylward

as Dean Rusk, Secretary of State

Peter Jacobson

as Adam Yarmolinsky

Gerry Becker

as Walt Rostow

J.K. Simmons

as CIA Briefer

Reed Diamond

as Duty Officer

Gary Sinise

as George Wallace

Cliff DeYoung

as McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor

Francis Guinan

as Nicholas Katzenbach

Robert Cicchini

as Joseph Califano

Randy Oglesby

as John Stennis