Truman
7.7(19) 1995-09-09 135 minDramaTV Movie
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.
DirectorFrank Pierson
ProducerDoro Bachrach
Cast & characters
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
Željko 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 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Richardson
as Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited)
No photo
Harry Gibbs
as Vice-President Garner
No photo
Jessica Drake
as Woman Reporter
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Addison Myers
as Operator
Michael Murphy
as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)
