"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
Peter Martin
as Pianist
Christoph Luty
as Bassist
Jeff Hamilton
as Drummer
Matt Catingub
as Saxophonist
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
John Kepley
as CBS Lawyer #1
David Paul Christian
as CBS Lawyer #2
Joyce Lasley
as Make-Up Girl
Bill Blair
as TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)
Joseph Dowd
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bruna Matsin
as Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)
Katharine Phillips Moser
as Jesse's Wife (uncredited)
Alexana Thomas
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Dave Thompson
as News Photographer (uncredited)
Rochelle Warner
as Speech Wife (uncredited)
Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert F. Kennedy
Liberace
Joseph McCarthy
John L. McClellan
Milo Radulovich
Joseph N. Welch
Screenplay
Marc Butan
Executive Producer
Todd Wagner
Chris Salvaterra
Jeff Skoll
Jennifer Fox
Ben Cosgrove
Louise Frogley
Costume Design
Stephen Mirrione
Editor
Robert Elswit
Director of Photography
Mark Cuban
Steven Soderbergh
Christa Munro
Art Direction
Director
Producer
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
James D. Bissell
Production Design
Victor Hadida
Co-Executive Producer
Simon Franks
Co-Producer
Kiyotaka Ninomiya
Zygi Kamasa
Barbara A. Hall
Unit Production Manager
Samuel Hadida
Charlotte Raybourn
Art Department Coordinator
John T. Connor
First Assistant "B" Camera
Douglas Crise
First Assistant Editor
Ron Berkeley
Key Makeup Artist
Tony Bonaventura
Property Master
Curt Schulkey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susan Dudeck
Dialogue Editor
Pamela Kahn
Foley Artist
Michael Kenner
Key Grip
Supervising Sound Editor
Gae S. Buckley
Set Designer
Dusty Saunders
Transportation Coordinator
Lance Brown
Rachel Tenner
Casting Associate
Simone Perusse
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Barry Idoine
First Assistant "A" Camera
Ellis J. Barbacoff
Assistant Property Master
Hank Sheppherd
Key Rigging Grip
Randall L. Johnson
Boom Operator
Aaron Glascock
John Joseph Thomas
Sound Effects Editor
Louise Del Araujo
Leadman
Larissa Supplitt
Second Assistant "A" Camera
J. A. Byerly
Rigging Gaffer
Lucinda Campbell
Key Costumer
Waldo Sanchez
Makeup Department Head
Violet Ortiz
Hairstylist
Tad Driscoll
Production Accountant
Melissa V. Barnes
Second Assistant Director
Melinda Sue Gordon
Still Photographer
Hair Department Head
Carolyn Elias
Karen Higgins
Construction Coordinator
John Roesch
Joy Zapata
Key Hair Stylist
David D. Scott
Video Assist Operator
Lynda Foote
Costume Supervisor
Jeff Winn
Craft Service
Edward Tise
Production Sound Mixer
Oscar Mitt
Assistant Sound Editor
Colin Anderson
Camera Operator
Rocky Quiroz
Utility Sound
Michael Bauman
Chief Lighting Technician
David Webb
First Assistant Director
Diane H. Newman
Script Supervisor
John Morris
Best Boy Grip
Mary Jo Lang
Foley Mixer
Alyson Dee Moore
Lynne Redding
ADR Voice Casting
Gregg Schaublin
Digital Intermediate Producer
Scott Morgan
Foley Recordist
Jeff Kunkle
Dolly Grip
Ryan Piers Williams
Camera Production Assistant