Path to War
“He promised peace, but chose war.”
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
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Cast
24 people
Michael Gambon
Lyndon Johnson
Known for
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sleepy Hollow
Donald Sutherland
Clark Clifford
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Undoing
Alec Baldwin
Robert McNamara
Known for
Beetlejuice
The Boss Baby
Bruce McGill
George Ball
Known for
Reacher
Law Abiding Citizen
James Frain
Richard Goodwin
Known for
True Detective
The Tudors
Felicity Huffman
Lady Bird Johnson
Known for
Desperate Housewives
When They See Us
Philip Baker Hall
Everett Dirksen
Known for
Bruce Almighty
Magnolia
Frederic Forrest
Earle G. Wheeler
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Falling Down
Diana Scarwid
Marny Clifford
Known for
What Lies Beneath
Psycho III
Sarah Paulson
Luci Baines Johnson
Known for
Run
Bird Box
Chris Eigeman
Bill Moyers
Known for
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Tom Skerritt
William Westmoreland
Known for
Alien
Top Gun
John Frankenheimer Director · Daniel Giat Writer Stephen Goldblatt Cinematographer
Budget $17M · United States release May 18, 2002 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$17,000,000
Production
Avenue Pictures
Production
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Production
HBO
Production
HBO Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Czech · English
Release dates
United States · May 18, 2002
TV
Germany
October 28, 2003 · Physical
Greece
October 28, 2003 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 9, 2015 · Theatrical
Norway
October 28, 2003 · Theatrical
Poland
October 4, 2002 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
United Kingdom
July 28, 2003 · Physical
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