乔治·皮杜尔

Georges Bidault

饰：Georges Bidault

克拉克·克利福德

Clark Clifford

饰：克拉克·克利福德

丹尼尔·艾斯伯格

Daniel Ellsberg

饰：丹尼尔·艾斯伯格

William C. Westmoreland

William C. Westmoreland

饰：Himself

胡志明

Hồ Chí Minh

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

鲍勃·霍普

Bob Hope

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊

Lyndon Johnson

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

约翰·肯尼迪

John F. Kennedy

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

罗伯特·肯尼迪

Robert F. Kennedy

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dinh Diem Ngo

Dinh Diem Ngo

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

理查德·米尔豪斯·尼克松

Richard Milhous Nixon

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

George S. Patton IV

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thi Kim Phuc Phan

饰：Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

罗纳德·威尔逊·里根

Ronald Wilson Reagan

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maxwell Taylor

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

德怀特·戴维·艾森豪威尔

Dwight D. Eisenhower

饰：Himself (archive footage)

George Coker

饰：Himself

Kay Dvorshock

饰：Herself (also archive footage)

Randy Floyd

饰：Himself

J·威廉·富布赖特

J. William Fulbright

饰：Himself (as J.W. Fulbright)

Brian Holden

Robert Muller

饰：Himself

Khanh Nguyen

饰：Himself

华尔特·惠特曼·罗斯

Walt Rostow

饰：Himself

Ngoc Loan Nguyen

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Van Thieu Nguyen

饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Marshall

饰：Himself

吴廷琰

Ngo Dinh Diem

饰：Self - President of South Vietnam,(archive footage)

Eugene McCarthy

饰：Self - U.S. Senator,(archive footage)

约翰·福斯特·杜勒斯

John Foster Dulles

饰：Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959,(archive footage)

伊西多尔·范斯坦·斯通

I.F. Stone

饰：Self,(archive sound)