"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
Ben Cosgrove
Mark Cuban
Jennifer Fox
Producer
Chris Salvaterra
Jeff Skoll
Steven Soderbergh
Todd Wagner
Stephen Mirrione
Editor
Director
Robert Elswit
Director of Photography
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
James D. Bissell
Production Design
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
Louise Frogley
Costume Design
Christa Munro
Art Direction
Samuel Hadida
Co-Executive Producer
Victor Hadida
Barbara A. Hall
Co-Producer
Simon Franks
Zygi Kamasa
Kiyotaka Ninomiya
Edward Tise
Production Sound Mixer
Unit Production Manager
David Webb
First Assistant Director
Melissa V. Barnes
Second Assistant Director
Colin Anderson
Camera Operator
Barry Idoine
First Assistant "A" Camera
Michael Bauman
Chief Lighting Technician
Michael Kenner
Key Grip
Tony Bonaventura
Property Master
Diane H. Newman
Script Supervisor
Curt Schulkey
Supervising Sound Editor
Aaron Glascock
Gae S. Buckley
Set Designer
Ellis J. Barbacoff
Assistant Property Master
Charlotte Raybourn
Art Department Coordinator
Louise Del Araujo
Leadman
Larissa Supplitt
Second Assistant "A" Camera
John T. Connor
First Assistant "B" Camera
J. A. Byerly
Rigging Gaffer
Simone Perusse
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Hank Sheppherd
Key Rigging Grip
John Morris
Best Boy Grip
Douglas Crise
First Assistant Editor
Randall L. Johnson
Boom Operator
Rocky Quiroz
Utility Sound
David D. Scott
Video Assist Operator
Lynda Foote
Costume Supervisor
Lucinda Campbell
Key Costumer
Waldo Sanchez
Makeup Department Head
Hair Department Head
Ron Berkeley
Key Makeup Artist
Joy Zapata
Key Hair Stylist
Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist
Violet Ortiz
Tad Driscoll
Production Accountant
Rachel Tenner
Casting Associate
Melinda Sue Gordon
Still Photographer
Karen Higgins
Construction Coordinator
Dusty Saunders
Transportation Coordinator
Jeff Winn
Craft Service
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lance Brown
John Joseph Thomas
Sound Effects Editor
Susan Dudeck
Dialogue Editor
Oscar Mitt
Assistant Sound Editor
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Alyson Dee Moore
Pamela Kahn
Mary Jo Lang
Foley Mixer
Scott Morgan
Foley Recordist
Lynne Redding
ADR Voice Casting
Gregg Schaublin
Digital Intermediate Producer
Jeff Kunkle
Dolly Grip
Ryan Piers Williams
Camera Production Assistant