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The Most Dangerous Man in America
Film / 2009

The Most Dangerous Man in America

Directed by Judith EhrlichRick Goldsmith
Documentary

★ 7.4/10Audience rating

"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.

The story

"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.

Cast

Daniel EllsbergSelf (Narraror) Patricia EllsbergSelf John DeanSelf - White House Counsel to President Nixon Howard ZinnSelf - Historian Peter ArnettSelf - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage) Ben BagdikianSelf - Editor, Washington Post Ann BeesonSelf - Associate Legal Director, ACLU Robert EllsbergSelf - Daniel's Son Richard FalkSelf - Professor of International Law Max FrankelSelf - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times J. William FulbrightSelf - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage) James GoodaleSelf - General Counsel, New York Times
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Mike GravelSelf - Senator (D-Alaska) Morton HalperinSelf - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin) Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Randy KehlerSelf - Draft Resister Bud KroghSelf - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh) Pete McCloskeySelf - Representative, California Robert McNamaraSelf (archive footage) Wayne MorseSelf - Senator, Oregon (archive footage) Richard NixonSelf - President (archive footage) Thomas OliphantSelf - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant) Dan RatherSelf - Reporter (archive footage) Tony RussoSelf - RAND Analyst Thomas SchellingSelf - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate Hedrick SmithSelf - Reporter, New York Times Janaki TschannerlSelf - Peace Activist Leonard WeinglassSelf - Russo Defense Attorney

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