Path to War

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Path to War
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Produced by John Frankenheimer
Written by Daniel Giat
Starring Michael Gambon
Music by Gary Chang
Cinematography Stephen Goldblatt
Nancy Schreiber
Editing by Richard Francis-Bruce
Running time 165 minutes
Language English
IMDb profile

Path to War is a 2002 TV movie, produced by HBO. It deals with the the escalation of the Vietnam War during the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency. It was also the last film directed by John Frankenheimer before his death.

Actor Role
Michael Gambon Lyndon B. Johnson
Donald Sutherland Clark M. Clifford
Alec Baldwin Robert McNamara
Bruce McGill George Ball
James Frain Richard N. Goodwin
Felicity Huffman Lady Bird Johnson
Frederic Forrest Earle Wheeler
John Aylward Dean Rusk
Philip Baker Hall Everett Dirksen
Gary Sinise George C. Wallace
Tom Skerritt William Westmoreland
Cliff De Young McGeorge Bundy
Chris Eigeman Bill Moyers
John Valenti Jack Valenti
Gerry Becker Walt Rostow
Sarah Paulson Luci Baines Johnson
Curtis L. McClarin Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Gary Sinise, who had played Alabama governor George Wallace in a 1997 HBO biopic (also directed by John Frankenheimer), reprises his role in a cameo appearance, in which Johnson intimidates Wallace into asking for the National Guard's help to deal with racial unrest.

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