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Good Night, and Good Luck.

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

2005 |1h 32m |  Drama, History

Videos

Cast

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David Strathairn

Edward R. Murrow

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Patricia Clarkson

Shirley Wershba

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George Clooney

Fred Friendly

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Jeff Daniels

Sig Mickelson

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Robert Downey Jr.

Joe Wershba

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Frank Langella

William Paley

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Ray Wise

Don Hollenbeck

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Robert John Burke

Charlie Mack

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Reed Diamond

John Aaron

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Tate Donovan

Jesse Zousmer

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Grant Heslov

Don Hewitt

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Tom McCarthy

Palmer Williams

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Matt Ross

Eddie Scott

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Rose Abdoo

Mili Lerner

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Alex Borstein

Natalie

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Peter Jacobson

Jimmy

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Robert Knepper

Don Surine

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Dianne Reeves

Jazz Singer

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Glenn Morshower

Colonel Anderson

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Don Creech

Colonel Jenkins

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Helen Slayton-Hughes

Mary

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Simon Helberg

CBS Page

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JD Cullum

Stage Manager

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Bill Blair

TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)

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Bruna Matsin

Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)

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Dave Thompson

News Photographer (uncredited)

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Roy Cohn

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Liberace

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$7,000,000.00

Revenue

$54,600,000.00