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The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
David Strathairn
as Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
as Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
as Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
as Sig Mickelson
Robert Downey Jr.
as Joe Wershba
Frank Langella
as William Paley
Ray Wise
as Don Hollenbeck
Robert John Burke
as Charlie Mack
Reed Diamond
as John Aaron
Tate Donovan
as Jesse Zousmer
Grant Heslov
as Don Hewitt
Tom McCarthy
as Palmer Williams
Matt Ross
as Eddie Scott
Rose Abdoo
as Mili Lerner
Alex Borstein
as Natalie
Peter Jacobson
as Jimmy
Robert Knepper
as Don Surine
Dianne Reeves
as Jazz Singer
Glenn Morshower
as Colonel Anderson
Don Creech
as Colonel Jenkins
Helen Slayton-Hughes
as Mary
Simon Helberg
as CBS Page
JD Cullum
as Stage Manager
Bill Blair
as TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)
Bruna Matsin
as Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)
Dave Thompson
as News Photographer (uncredited)
Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph McCarthy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Strathairn
as Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
as Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
as Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
as Sig Mickelson
Robert Downey Jr.
as Joe Wershba
Frank Langella
as William Paley
Ray Wise
as Don Hollenbeck
Robert John Burke
as Charlie Mack
Reed Diamond
as John Aaron
Tate Donovan
as Jesse Zousmer
Grant Heslov
as Don Hewitt
Tom McCarthy
as Palmer Williams
Matt Ross
as Eddie Scott
Rose Abdoo
as Mili Lerner
Alex Borstein
as Natalie
Peter Jacobson
as Jimmy
Robert Knepper
as Don Surine
Dianne Reeves
as Jazz Singer
Glenn Morshower
as Colonel Anderson
Don Creech
as Colonel Jenkins
Helen Slayton-Hughes
as Mary
Simon Helberg
as CBS Page
JD Cullum
as Stage Manager
Bill Blair
as TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)
Bruna Matsin
as Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)
Dave Thompson
as News Photographer (uncredited)
Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph McCarthy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
