Politics is war.
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
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- earnestironic
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Cast
- Bryan CranstonLyndon B. Johnson
- Anthony MackieMartin Luther King, Jr.
- Melissa LeoLady Bird Johnson
- Frank LangellaSen. Richard Russell
- Bradley WhitfordHubert Humphrey
- Stephen RootJ. Edgar Hoover
- Todd WeeksWalter Jenkins
- Ray WiseSenator Everett Dirksen
- Ken JenkinsHoward W. Smith
- Dohn NorwoodRalph Abernathy
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- Jay RoachDirector
- Robert SchenkkanScreenplay
- Jim DenaultDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Carol LittletonEditor
- Jeffrey RichardsProducer
- Scott FergusonProducer
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