Cast & Crew

Directed by

Peter Davis

Cast

Tin Chan
Self
Chau Diem
Self - Editor of Trinh Bay Magazine
Ngo Dinh Diem
Self - President of South Vietnam
John Foster Dulles
Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959
Kay Dvorshock
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - President of the United States
David Emerson
Self - Concord, Massachusetts
Mui Duc Giang
Self - Coffin Maker
Charles Hoey
Self - Air Force, Saigon
Stan Holder
Self - Corporal, Placitas, New Mexico
Jerry Holter
Self - Air Force, Saigon
Vo Thi Hue
Self - Hung Dinh Village
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self - President of the United States
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - U.S. Senator
William Marshall
Self
Eugene McCarthy
Self - U.S. Senator
Ho Chí Minh
Self
Thich Lieu Minh
Self - An Quang Pagoda
Ngoc Loan Nguyen
Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate; Former Cabinet Minister
Van Tai Nguyen
Self - Hung Dinh Village
Richard Nixon
Self - President of the United States
Don North
Self - ABC News
K. Barton Osborn
Self
George S. Patton IV
Self
Thi Kim Phuc Phan
Self
Nguyen Thi Sau
Self - Former Political Prisoner
Edward Sowders
Self - Army Deserter
Lora Sowders
Self
I.F. Stone
Self
Michael Sulsona
Self
Maxwell Taylor
Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964-1965
Ngo Ba Thanh
Self - Political Prisoner
George Trendell
Self
Vo Thi Tu
Self - Hung Ding Village
Paul Udell
Self - NBC News
Van Khanh Duong
Self - Hung Dinh Village
Georges Bidault
Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Les Brown
Self
Clark Clifford
Self - Aide to President Truman, 1946-1950; Secretary of Defense, 1968-1969
George Coker
Self - POW, 1966-1973
Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
Randy Floyd
Self
J. William Fulbright
Self - U.S. Senator; Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
Helen Hayes
Self
Brian Holden
Self
J. Edgar Hoover
Self - Director of the F.B.I.
Bob Hope
Self
Henry Hull
Self
Joseph McCarthy
Self - U.S. Senator
Robert Muller
Self - Former Marine 1st. Lieutenant
Khanh Nguyen
Self - President of South Vietnam, 1964-1965
Ronald Reagan
Self
Walt Rostow
Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Self - President of the United States
Nguyen Van Thieu
Self - President of South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Self - Commanding General, Vietnam, 1964-1968

Produced by

Mike Burns
associate producer (uncredited)
Tom Cohen
associate producer
Peter Davis
producer
Henry Lange
producer (uncredited)
Richard Pearce
associate producer
Bob Rafelson
producer (uncredited)
Bert Schneider
producer

Cinematography by

Richard Pearce
Lennart Malmer
cinematographer: North Vietnam (uncredited)

Editing by

Lynzee Klingman
Susan Martin

Production Management

Mike Burns
production manager (as Michael Burns)
Brennon Jones
production manager

Sound Department

Tom Cohen
sound
Francis Daniel
second unit sound
Barbara Kopple
second unit sound
Carole S. Marner
second unit sound
Karen Mitnick
second unit sound
James Nelson
sound editor
Clair Noto
dialogue editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael Anderson
second unit camera
Michael F. Barrow
head gaffer (as Michael Barrows)
Ralf D. Bode
second unit camera (as Ralph Bode)
Don Lenzer
second unit camera
Ed Lynch
second unit camera
Eugene Marner
second unit camera

Editorial Department

Antoinette Cooper
assistant editor
David Davis
assistant editor
Bonnie Kozek
assistant editor
Adrian Mosser
color negative
Charles Musser
assistant editor

Additional Crew

Dell Byrne
historical film research
Pierre Cottrell
consultant: France
Frank Davis
feature motion picture research
Tran Hung Duo
translator
Thomas C. Fox
consultant: Vietnam
Barbara Gore
translator
Brennon Jones
research
Nguyen Si Quoc
translator
Chips Sowerwine
consultant: France
Le Thai To
translator
Le Thanh Tong
translator
Trung Trac
translator
Ira Wohl
production research
David Wyles
feature motion picture research (as David J. Wyles)
Howard R. Schuster
financing (uncredited)
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