Clark Clifford

Character: Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50

John Foster Dulles

Character: Self (archive footage)

Georges Bidault

Character: Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954

Harry S. Truman

Character: Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Character: Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Character: Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Character: Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Character: Self (archive footage)

George Coker

Character: Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73

Walt Rostow

Character: Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson

J. William Fulbright

Character: Self - Senator

Randy Floyd

Character: Self - Former Navy Captain

Charles Hoey

Character: Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

Jerry Holter

Character: Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

J. Edgar Hoover

Character: Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

Character: Self (archive footage)

Stan Holder

Character: Self - Former Corporal

Bobby Muller

Character: Self - Former 1st Lieutenant

Daniel Ellsberg

Character: Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

William C. Westmoreland

Character: Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68

Nguyen Van Tai

Character: Self - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi Tu

Character: Self - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi Hue

Character: Self - Hung Dinh Village

Father Chan Tin

Character: Self - Saigon

Diem Chau

Character: Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine

Hồ Chí Minh

Character: Self (archive footage)

David Emerson

Character: Self - Concord, Massachusetts

Mui Duc Giang

Character: Self - Saigon

Edward Sowders

Character: Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter

Lora Sowders

Character: Self - Detroit

Barton Osborn

Character: Self - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA

George Trendell

Character: Self - Sergeant

Thich Lieu Minh

Character: Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon

William Marshall

Character: Self - Former Sergeant

George Patton IV

Character: Self - Colonel

Duong Van Khai

Character: Self - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village

Nguyen Ngoc Linh

Character: Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate

Michael V. Sulsona

Character: Self - Former Sergeant

I. F. Stone

Character: Self - Journalist (voice)

Eugene McCarthy

Character: Self - Senator (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Character: Self - Senator (archive footage)

Kay Dvorshock

Character: Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend

Ngo Dinh Diem

Character: Self (archive footage)

Nguyễn Khánh

Character: Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65

Maxwell Taylor

Character: Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Character: Self (archive footage)

Nguyen Thi Sau

Character: Self - Former Political Prisoner

Ngô Bá Thành

Character: Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage)

Mary Cochran Emerson

Character: Self - Wife of David Emerson

Bob Hope

Character: Self (archive footage)