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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.
Theatrical
Nov 4, 2005
Box Office
$54.6M
Budget
$7.0M
Return
7.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 1, 2006
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Jim Papoulis
Studio
Warner Independent Pictures, 2929 Productions, TFC, Participant, Section Eight, Davis Films, Lionsgate UK
Quotes
See all →Facing Power Through Truth Alone
Taglines
They Took On The Government With Nothing But The Truth
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Courage to Speak Truth in Troubling Times
Taglines
In A Nation Terrorized By Its Own Government, One Man Dared to Tell The Truth
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →D
David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow
P
Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba
G
George Clooney
Fred Friendly
J
Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson
R
Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Wershba
F
Frank Langella
William Paley
R
Ray Wise
Don Hollenbeck
R
Robert John Burke
Charlie Mack
R
Reed Diamond
John Aaron
T
Tate Donovan
Jesse Zousmer
G
Grant Heslov
Don Hewitt
T
Tom McCarthy
Palmer Williams
M
Matt Ross
Eddie Scott
R
Rose Abdoo
Mili Lerner
A
Alex Borstein
Natalie
P
Peter Jacobson
Jimmy
R
Robert Knepper
Don Surine
D
Dianne Reeves
Jazz Singer
P
Peter Martin
Pianist
G
Glenn Morshower
Colonel Anderson
