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Overview: The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

Cast:

David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow

Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba

George Clooney
Fred Friendly

Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson

Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Wershba

Frank Langella
William Paley

Ray Wise
Don Hollenbeck

Robert John Burke
Charlie Mack

Reed Diamond
John Aaron

Tate Donovan
Jesse Zousmer

Grant Heslov
Don Hewitt

Tom McCarthy
Palmer Williams

Matt Ross
Eddie Scott

Rose Abdoo
Mili Lerner

Alex Borstein
Natalie

Peter Jacobson
Jimmy

Robert Knepper
Don Surine

Dianne Reeves
Jazz Singer

Peter Martin
Pianist

Christoph Luty
Bassist

Jeff Hamilton
Drummer

Matt Catingub
Saxophonist

Glenn Morshower
Colonel Anderson

Don Creech
Colonel Jenkins

Helen Slayton-Hughes
Mary

Simon Helberg
CBS Page

JD Cullum
Stage Manager

John Kepley
CBS Lawyer #1

David Paul Christian
CBS Lawyer #2

Joyce Lasley
Make-Up Girl

Bill Blair
TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)

Joseph Dowd
Reporter (uncredited)

Bruna Matsin
Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)

Katharine Phillips Moser
Jesse's Wife (uncredited)

Alexana Thomas
Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Dave Thompson
News Photographer (uncredited)

Rochelle Warner
Speech Wife (uncredited)

Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Liberace
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John L. McClellan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Milo Radulovich
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph N. Welch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)