Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
Clark Clifford
Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
John Foster Dulles
Self (archive footage)
Georges Bidault
Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
George Coker
Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
Walt Rostow
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J. William Fulbright
Self - Senator
Randy Floyd
Self - Former Navy Captain
Charles Hoey
Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
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Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
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Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Stan Holder
Self - Former Corporal
Bobby Muller
Self - Former 1st Lieutenant
Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
William C. Westmoreland
Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68
Nguyen Van Tai
Self - Hung Dinh Village
Vo Thi Tu
Self - Hung Dinh Village
Vo Thi Hue
Self - Hung Dinh Village
Father Chan Tin
Self - Saigon
Diem Chau
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Self (archive footage)
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Mui Duc Giang
Self - Saigon
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Self - Sergeant
Thich Lieu Minh
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Self - Former Sergeant
George Patton IV
Self - Colonel
Duong Van Khai
Self - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village
Nguyen Ngoc Linh
Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate
Michael V. Sulsona
Self - Former Sergeant
I. F. Stone
Self - Journalist (voice)
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Self - Senator (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Senator (archive footage)
Kay Dvorshock
Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend
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Self (archive footage)
Nguyễn Khánh
Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65
Maxwell Taylor
Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
Nguyen Thi Sau
Self - Former Political Prisoner
Ngô Bá Thành
Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage)
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Self - Wife of David Emerson
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Self (archive footage)
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