Casting | Rôle |
|---|
| 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 | Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson |
| J. William Fulbright | Self - Senator |
| Randy Floyd | Self - Former Navy Captain |
| Charles Hoey | Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
| Jerry Holter | Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
| J. Edgar Hoover | 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 | Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine |
| Hồ Chí Minh | Self (archive footage) |
| David Emerson | Self - Concord, Massachusetts |
| Mui Duc Giang | Self - Saigon |
| Edward Sowders | Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter |
| Lora Sowders | Self - Detroit |
| Barton Osborn | Self - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA |
| George Trendell | Self - Sergeant |
| Thich Lieu Minh | Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon |
| William Marshall | 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) |
| Eugene McCarthy | Self - Senator (archive footage) |
| Robert F. Kennedy | Self - Senator (archive footage) |
| Kay Dvorshock | Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | Self (archive footage) |
| Nguyễn Khánh | Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65 |
| Maxwell Taylor | Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage) |
| Nguyễn Văn Thiệu | Self (archive footage) |
| Nguyen Thi Sau | Self - Former Political Prisoner |
| Ngô Bá Thành | Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage) |
| Mary Cochran Emerson | Self - Wife of David Emerson |
| Bob Hope | Self (archive footage) |
