The Most Dangerous Man in America
Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
7.4(46) 2009-10-16 92 minDocumentary
"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.
WriterRick Goldsmith
WriterMichael Chandler
DirectorJudith Ehrlich
WriterLawrence Lerew
Original Music ComposerBlake Leyh
WriterJudith Ehrlich
DirectorRick Goldsmith
Cast & characters
Daniel Ellsberg
as Self (Narraror)
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Patricia Ellsberg
as Self
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John Dean
as Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Howard Zinn
as Self - Historian
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Peter Arnett
as Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
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Ben Bagdikian
as Self - Editor, Washington Post
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Ann Beeson
as Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
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Robert Ellsberg
as Self - Daniel's Son
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Richard Falk
as Self - Professor of International Law
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Max Frankel
as Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
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J. William Fulbright
as Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
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James Goodale
as Self - General Counsel, New York Times
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Mike Gravel
as Self - Senator (D-Alaska)
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Morton Halperin
as Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
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Randy Kehler
as Self - Draft Resister
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Bud Krogh
as Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
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Pete McCloskey
as Self - Representative, California
Robert McNamara
as Self (archive footage)
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Wayne Morse
as Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self - President (archive footage)
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Thomas Oliphant
as Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Dan Rather
as Self - Reporter (archive footage)
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Tony Russo
as Self - RAND Analyst
