Plot
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
Meryl Streep
Kay Graham
Tom Hanks
Ben Bradlee
Sarah Paulson
Tony Bradlee
Bob Odenkirk
Ben Bagdikian
Tracy Letts
Fritz Beebe
Bradley Whitford
Arthur Parsons
Bruce Greenwood
Robert McNamara
Matthew Rhys
Daniel Ellsberg
Alison Brie
Lally Graham
Carrie Coon
Meg Greenfield
Jesse Plemons
Roger Clark
David Cross
Howard Simons
Zach Woods
Anthony Essaye
Pat Healy
Phil Geyelin
John Rue
Gene Patterson
Rick Holmes
Murray Marder
Philip Casnoff
Chalmers Roberts
Jessie Mueller
Judith Martin
Stark Sands
Don Graham
Michael Cyril Creighton
Jake
Will Denton
Michael
Deirdre Lovejoy
Debbie Regan
Michael Devine
Copy Chief
Kelly Miller
Copy Editor
Jennifer Dundas
Liz Hylton
Austyn Johnson
Marina Bradlee
Brent Langdon
Paul Ignatius
Michael Stuhlbarg
Abe Rosenthal
Deborah Green
Ann Marie Rosenthal
Gary Wilmes
Punch Sulzberger
Christopher Innvar
James Greenfield
Luke Slattery
NY Times Runner
Justin Swain
Neil Sheehan
Robert G. McKay
NY Times Staffer
Sasha Spielberg
Woman with Package
Bryan Burton
Lafayette Protester
Coral Peña
Nancy
Dan Bittner
Government Lawyer
Kenneth Tigar
Solicitor Griswold
David Aaron Baker
Alexander Bickel
Gannon McHale
Judge Gurfein
Kevin Loreque
Waiter (F Street Club)
Francis Dumaurier
Head Waiter (Oakroom)
Stephen Mailer
Exchange President
Ned Noyes
Lazard Banker
John Henry Cox
Lazard Banker
Dan Bucatinsky
Joe Alsop
David Costabile
Art Buchwald
Johanna Day
Ann Buchwald
Annika Boras
Mrs. Alsop
Carolyn McCormick
Mrs. McNamara
Susan Blackwell
Dinner Wife
Jordan Baker
Dinner Wife
Lauren Lim Jackson
Eastern Air Stewardess
Peter Van Wagner
Harry Gladstein
Angus Hepburn
Judge Gessell
James Riordan
Vice Admiral Blouin
Kelly AuCoin
Kevin Maroney
Cotter Smith
Under Secretary William Macomber
Ben Livingston
Dennis Doolin
Stephen Rowe
Judge Robb
Rick Crom
Supreme Court Marshall
Fenton Lawless
Linotype Printer
Cullen Oliver Johnson
Linotype Printer
JaQwan J. Kelly
Watergate Security Guard
Brett G. Smith
Platoon Leader
Brett Diggs
G.I.
Anthony M Walker
G.I
Saul Alvarez
G.I.
Theis Weckesser
Military Advisor
David Beach
Robert Komer
Shawn Allen McLaughlin
Reporter (Andrews AFB)
Shaun O'Hagan
Harry Rowen (RAND)
Thaddeus Daniels
Rand Corp Guard
Brendan Burke
Rand Corp Guard
Celeste Arias
Lynda Sinay
Sonny Valicenti
Tony Russo
Patrick Noonan
LA Cop
Will Blomker
LA Cop
Amy Russ
White House Assistant
Aaron Roman Weiner
Bob Haldeman
Catherine Wolf
RAND Receptionist
Joel Nagle
Man on Phone
Tom Bair
Rehnquist (Asst AG)
Walter Brandes
18th Street Protester
Juliana Davies
Katherine
Hazel Mason
Pamela
Ginger Mason
Pamela
Sawyer Spielberg
Plaza Protester
Mark Jacoby
Chief Justice Burger
Jon Donahue
Bertram Plain
Seth Barrish
Layout Editor
Clarke Thorell
Layout Editor
Joseph Tudisco
Delivery Man
Steve Witting
NY Times Staffer
Gary Galone
NY Times Staffer
Frank Ridley
NY Times Staffer
Jeremiah Wiggins
NY Times Staffer
Alexander Sage Oyen
Protest Singer
Brittney Johnson
Protest Singer
Caleb Eberhardt
Protest Singer
Don McCloskey
Protest Singer
Estelle Bajou
Protest Singer
Kaylyn Scardefield
Protest Singer
Leslie Kujo
Protest Singer
Lilli Cooper
Protest Singer
Odiseas Georgiadis
Protest Singer
Sean Meehan
Suspicious Man
Steven Kearney
Ehrlichman
Curzon Dobell
Nixon
Matthew Piazzi
Newscaster
Armand Schultz
WTOP-AM Reporter
Jerry Lobrow
G.I. #4
Mark Pinelli
AMEX Photographer