The Most Dangerous Man in America

"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.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 92 mins

Release Date : 2009-10-16

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Cast

Daniel Ellsberg

(Self (Narraror))

Patricia Ellsberg

(Self)

John Dean

(Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon)

Howard Zinn

(Self - Historian)

Peter Arnett

(Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage))

Ben Bagdikian

(Self - Editor, Washington Post)

Ann Beeson

(Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU)

Robert Ellsberg

(Self - Daniel's Son)

Richard Falk

(Self - Professor of International Law)

Max Frankel

(Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times)

J. William Fulbright

(Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage))

James Goodale

(Self - General Counsel, New York Times)

Mike Gravel

(Self - Senator (D-Alaska))

Morton Halperin

(Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin))

Lyndon B. Johnson

(Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson))

Randy Kehler

(Self - Draft Resister)

Bud Krogh

(Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh))

Pete McCloskey

(Self - Representative, California)

Robert McNamara

(Self (archive footage))

Wayne Morse

(Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage))

Richard Nixon

(Self - President (archive footage))

Thomas Oliphant

(Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant))

Dan Rather

(Self - Reporter (archive footage))

Tony Russo

(Self - RAND Analyst)

Thomas Schelling

(Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate)

Hedrick Smith

(Self - Reporter, New York Times)

Janaki Tschannerl

(Self - Peace Activist)

Leonard Weinglass

(Self - Russo Defense Attorney)