"Truth be told"

2017

1h 56m

7.0(4730 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

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Cast & Crew

114 members

Acting

Meryl Streep

Kay Graham

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Tom Hanks

Ben Bradlee

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Sarah Paulson

Tony Bradlee

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Bob Odenkirk

Ben Bagdikian

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Tracy Letts

Fritz Beebe

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Bradley Whitford

Arthur Parsons

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Bruce Greenwood

Robert McNamara

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Matthew Rhys

Daniel Ellsberg

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Alison Brie

Lally Graham

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Carrie Coon

Meg Greenfield

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Jesse Plemons

Roger Clark

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David Cross

Howard Simons

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Zach Woods

Anthony Essaye

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Pat Healy

Phil Geyelin

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John Rue

Gene Patterson

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Rick Holmes

Murray Marder

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Philip Casnoff

Chalmers Roberts

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Jessie Mueller

Judith Martin

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Stark Sands

Don Graham

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Michael Cyril Creighton

Jake

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Will Denton

Michael

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Deirdre Lovejoy

Debbie Regan

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Michael Devine

Copy Chief

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Kelly Miller

Copy Editor

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Jennifer Dundas

Liz Hylton

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Austyn Johnson

Marina Bradlee

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Brent Langdon

Paul Ignatius

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Michael Stuhlbarg

Abe Rosenthal

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Deborah Green

Ann Marie Rosenthal

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Gary Wilmes

Punch Sulzberger

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Christopher Innvar

James Greenfield

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Luke Slattery

NY Times Runner

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Justin Swain

Neil Sheehan

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Robert G. McKay

NY Times Staffer

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Sasha Spielberg

Woman with Package

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Bryan Burton

Lafayette Protester

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Coral Peña

Nancy

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Dan Bittner

Government Lawyer

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Kenneth Tigar

Solicitor Griswold

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David Aaron Baker

Alexander Bickel

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Gannon McHale

Judge Gurfein

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Kevin Loreque

Waiter (F Street Club)

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Francis Dumaurier

Head Waiter (Oakroom)

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Stephen Mailer

Exchange President

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Ned Noyes

Lazard Banker

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John Henry Cox

Lazard Banker

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Dan Bucatinsky

Joe Alsop

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David Costabile

Art Buchwald

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Johanna Day

Ann Buchwald

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Annika Boras

Mrs. Alsop

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Carolyn McCormick

Mrs. McNamara

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Susan Blackwell

Dinner Wife

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Jordan Baker

Dinner Wife

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Lauren Lim Jackson

Eastern Air Stewardess

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Peter Van Wagner

Harry Gladstein

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Angus Hepburn

Judge Gessell

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James Riordan

Vice Admiral Blouin

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Kelly AuCoin

Kevin Maroney

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Cotter Smith

Under Secretary William Macomber

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Ben Livingston

Dennis Doolin

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Stephen Rowe

Judge Robb

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Rick Crom

Supreme Court Marshall

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Fenton Lawless

Linotype Printer

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Cullen Oliver Johnson

Linotype Printer

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JaQwan J. Kelly

Watergate Security Guard

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Brett G. Smith

Platoon Leader

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Brett Diggs

G.I.

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Anthony M Walker

G.I

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Saul Alvarez

G.I.

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Theis Weckesser

Military Advisor

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David Beach

Robert Komer

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Shawn Allen McLaughlin

Reporter (Andrews AFB)

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Shaun O'Hagan

Harry Rowen (RAND)

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Thaddeus Daniels

Rand Corp Guard

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Brendan Burke

Rand Corp Guard

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Celeste Arias

Lynda Sinay

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Sonny Valicenti

Tony Russo

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Patrick Noonan

LA Cop

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Will Blomker

LA Cop

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Amy Russ

White House Assistant

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Aaron Roman Weiner

Bob Haldeman

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Catherine Wolf

RAND Receptionist

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Joel Nagle

Man on Phone

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Tom Bair

Rehnquist (Asst AG)

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Walter Brandes

18th Street Protester

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Juliana Davies

Katherine

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Hazel Mason

Pamela

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Ginger Mason

Pamela

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Sawyer Spielberg

Plaza Protester

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Mark Jacoby

Chief Justice Burger

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Jon Donahue

Bertram Plain

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Seth Barrish

Layout Editor

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Clarke Thorell

Layout Editor

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Joseph Tudisco

Delivery Man

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Steve Witting

NY Times Staffer

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Gary Galone

NY Times Staffer

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Frank Ridley

NY Times Staffer

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Jeremiah Wiggins

NY Times Staffer

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Alexander Sage Oyen

Protest Singer

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Brittney Johnson

Protest Singer

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Caleb Eberhardt

Protest Singer

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Don McCloskey

Protest Singer

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Estelle Bajou

Protest Singer

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Kaylyn Scardefield

Protest Singer

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Leslie Kujo

Protest Singer

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Lilli Cooper

Protest Singer

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Odiseas Georgiadis

Protest Singer

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Sean Meehan

Suspicious Man

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Steven Kearney

Ehrlichman

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Curzon Dobell

Nixon

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Matthew Piazzi

Newscaster

No Image

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Armand Schultz

WTOP-AM Reporter

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Jerry Lobrow

G.I. #4

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Mark Pinelli

AMEX Photographer

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