Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

92 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 16, 2005

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

92 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 16, 2005

Good Night, and Good Luck.
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers
Original title Good Night, and Good Luck.
Directors Melissa V. Barnes, Diane H. Newman, David Webb, George Clooney
Writers Grant Heslov, George Clooney

Cast

David Strathairn

as Edward R. Murrow

Patricia Clarkson

as Shirley Wershba

George Clooney

as Fred Friendly

Jeff Daniels

as Sig Mickelson

Robert Downey Jr.

as Joe Wershba

Frank Langella

as William Paley

Ray Wise

as Don Hollenbeck

Robert John Burke

as Charlie Mack

Reed Diamond

as John Aaron

Tate Donovan

as Jesse Zousmer

Grant Heslov

as Don Hewitt

Tom McCarthy

as Palmer Williams

Matt Ross

as Eddie Scott

Rose Abdoo

as Mili Lerner

Alex Borstein

as Natalie

Peter Jacobson

as Jimmy

Robert Knepper

as Don Surine

Dianne Reeves

as Jazz Singer

Peter Martin

as Pianist

Christoph Luty

as Bassist

Jeff Hamilton

as Drummer

Matt Catingub

as Saxophonist

Glenn Morshower

as Colonel Anderson

Don Creech

as Colonel Jenkins

Simon Helberg

as CBS Page

JD Cullum

as Stage Manager

John Kepley

as CBS Lawyer #1

David Paul Christian

as CBS Lawyer #2

Joyce Lasley

as Make-Up Girl

Bill Blair

as TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)

Felix J. Boyle

as Prominant Chicagoan (uncredited)

Ray Donn

as Reporter (uncredited)

Joseph Dowd

as Reporter (uncredited)

Bruna Matsin

as Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)

Katharine Phillips Moser

as Jesse's Wife (uncredited)

Alexana Thomas

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Dave Thompson

as News Photographer (uncredited)

Rochelle Warner

as Speech Wife (uncredited)

Roy Cohn

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Liberace

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph McCarthy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John L. McClellan

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Milo Radulovich

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph N. Welch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)