Cast
David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson
Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Wershba
Frank Langella
William Paley
Ray Wise
Don Hollenbeck
Robert John Burke
Charlie Mack
Reed Diamond
John Aaron
Tate Donovan
Jesse Zousmer
Grant Heslov
Don Hewitt
Tom McCarthy
Palmer Williams
Matt Ross
Eddie Scott
Rose Abdoo
Mili Lerner
Alex Borstein
Natalie
Peter Jacobson
Jimmy
Robert Knepper
Don Surine
Dianne Reeves
Jazz Singer
Peter Martin
Pianist
Christoph Luty
Bassist
Jeff Hamilton
Drummer
Matt Catingub
Saxophonist
Glenn Morshower
Colonel Anderson
Don Creech
Colonel Jenkins
Helen Slayton-Hughes
Mary
Simon Helberg
CBS Page
JD Cullum
Stage Manager
John Kepley
CBS Lawyer #1
David Paul Christian
CBS Lawyer #2
Joyce Lasley
Make-Up Girl
Bill Blair
TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)
Joseph Dowd
Reporter (uncredited)
Bruna Matsin
Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)
Katharine Phillips Moser
Jesse's Wife (uncredited)
Alexana Thomas
Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Dave Thompson
News Photographer (uncredited)
Rochelle Warner
Speech Wife (uncredited)
Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Liberace
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John L. McClellan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Milo Radulovich
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph N. Welch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
George Clooney
Screenplay
(Writing)
Grant Heslov
Screenplay
(Writing)
Marc Butan
Executive Producer
(Production)
Ben Cosgrove
Executive Producer
(Production)
Mark Cuban
Executive Producer
(Production)
Jennifer Fox
Executive Producer
(Production)
Grant Heslov
Producer
(Production)
Chris Salvaterra
Executive Producer
(Production)
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
(Production)
Steven Soderbergh
Executive Producer
(Production)
Todd Wagner
Executive Producer
(Production)
Stephen Mirrione
Editor
(Editing)
George Clooney
Director
(Directing)
Robert Elswit
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
(Production)
James D. Bissell
Production Design
(Art)
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
(Art)
Louise Frogley
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Christa Munro
Art Direction
(Art)
Samuel Hadida
Co-Executive Producer
(Production)
Victor Hadida
Co-Executive Producer
(Production)
Barbara A. Hall
Co-Producer
(Production)
Simon Franks
Co-Producer
(Production)
Zygi Kamasa
Co-Producer
(Production)
Kiyotaka Ninomiya
Co-Producer
(Production)
Edward Tise
Production Sound Mixer
(Sound)
Barbara A. Hall
Unit Production Manager
(Production)
David Webb
First Assistant Director
(Directing)
Melissa V. Barnes
Second Assistant Director
(Directing)
Colin Anderson
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Barry Idoine
First Assistant "A" Camera
(Camera)
Michael Bauman
Chief Lighting Technician
(Lighting)
Michael Kenner
Key Grip
(Camera)
Tony Bonaventura
Property Master
(Art)
Diane H. Newman
Script Supervisor
(Directing)
Curt Schulkey
Supervising Sound Editor
(Sound)
Aaron Glascock
Supervising Sound Editor
(Sound)
Gae S. Buckley
Set Designer
(Art)
Ellis J. Barbacoff
Assistant Property Master
(Art)
Charlotte Raybourn
Art Department Coordinator
(Art)
Louise Del Araujo
Leadman
(Art)
Larissa Supplitt
Second Assistant "A" Camera
(Camera)
John T. Connor
First Assistant "B" Camera
(Camera)
J. A. Byerly
Rigging Gaffer
(Lighting)
Simone Perusse
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
(Lighting)
Hank Sheppherd
Key Rigging Grip
(Lighting)
John Morris
Best Boy Grip
(Camera)
Douglas Crise
First Assistant Editor
(Editing)
Randall L. Johnson
Boom Operator
(Sound)
Rocky Quiroz
Utility Sound
(Sound)
David D. Scott
Video Assist Operator
(Crew)
Lynda Foote
Costume Supervisor
(Costume & Make-Up)
Lucinda Campbell
Key Costumer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Waldo Sanchez
Makeup Department Head
(Costume & Make-Up)
Waldo Sanchez
Hair Department Head
(Costume & Make-Up)
Ron Berkeley
Key Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Joy Zapata
Key Hair Stylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Violet Ortiz
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Tad Driscoll
Production Accountant
(Production)
Rachel Tenner
Casting Associate
(Production)
Melinda Sue Gordon
Still Photographer
(Camera)
Karen Higgins
Construction Coordinator
(Art)
Dusty Saunders
Transportation Coordinator
(Crew)
Jeff Winn
Craft Service
(Crew)
Aaron Glascock
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Curt Schulkey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Lance Brown
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
John Joseph Thomas
Sound Effects Editor
(Sound)
Susan Dudeck
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Oscar Mitt
Assistant Sound Editor
(Sound)
John Roesch
Foley Artist
(Sound)
Alyson Dee Moore
Foley Artist
(Sound)
Pamela Kahn
Foley Artist
(Sound)
Mary Jo Lang
Foley Mixer
(Sound)
Scott Morgan
Foley Recordist
(Sound)
Lynne Redding
ADR Voice Casting
(Production)
Gregg Schaublin
Digital Intermediate Producer
(Editing)
Jeff Kunkle
Dolly Grip
(Camera)
Ryan Piers Williams
Camera Production Assistant
(Camera)