| Cast list | | Michael Gambon | as | Lyndon Baines Johnson | | Donald Sutherland | as | Clark Clifford | | Alec Baldwin | as | Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense | | Bruce McGill | as | George Ball, Undersecretary of State | | James Frain | as | Dick Goodwin | | Felicity Huffman | as | Lady Bird Johnson | | Frederic Forrest | as | Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler | | John Aylward | as | Dean Rusk, Secretary of State | | Philip Baker Hall | as | Sen. Everett Dirksen | | Tom Skerritt | as | Gen. William Westmoreland | | Cliff De Young | as | McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor | | Chris Eigeman | as | Bill Moyers | | John Valenti | as | Jack Valenti | | Gerry Becker | as | Walt Rostow | | Sarah Paulson | as | Luci Baines Johnson |
| | Crew list: | | John Frankenheimer (Director) | | Daniel Giat (Writer) |
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