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Path to War

He promised peace, but chose war.

2003 · 2h 45m

Directed by John Frankenheimer

6.7

TMDB audience score
63 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.

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Cast

  • Michael Gambon
    Lyndon Johnson

  • Donald Sutherland
    Clark Clifford

  • Alec Baldwin
    Robert McNamara

  • Bruce McGill
    George Ball

  • James Frain
    Richard Goodwin

  • Felicity Huffman
    Lady Bird Johnson

  • Philip Baker Hall
    Everett Dirksen

  • Frederic Forrest
    Earle G. Wheeler

  • Diana Scarwid
    Marny Clifford

  • Sarah Paulson
    Luci Baines Johnson

  • Chris Eigeman
    Bill Moyers

  • Tom Skerritt
    William Westmoreland

  • John Aylward
    Dean Rusk

  • Peter Jacobson
    Adam Yarmolinsky

  • Gerry Becker
    Walt Rostow

  • J.K. Simmons
    CIA Briefer

  • Reed Diamond
    Duty Officer

  • Gary Sinise
    George Wallace