Hearts and Minds
1974Many 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.
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Clark Clifford
as Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
John Foster Dulles
as Self (archive footage)
Georges Bidault
as Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Harry S. Truman
as Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
George Coker
as Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
Walt Rostow
as Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
J. William Fulbright
as Self - Senator
Randy Floyd
as Self - Former Navy Captain
Charles Hoey
as Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
Jerry Holter
as Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
as Self (archive footage)
Stan Holder
as Self - Former Corporal
Bobby Muller
as Self - Former 1st Lieutenant
Daniel Ellsberg
as Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
William C. Westmoreland
as Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68
Nguyen Van Tai
as Self - Hung Dinh Village
Vo Thi Tu
as Self - Hung Dinh Village
Vo Thi Hue
as Self - Hung Dinh Village
Father Chan Tin
as Self - Saigon
Diem Chau
as Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine
Hồ Chí Minh
as Self (archive footage)
David Emerson
as Self - Concord, Massachusetts
Mui Duc Giang
as Self - Saigon
Edward Sowders
as Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter
Lora Sowders
as Self - Detroit
Barton Osborn
as Self - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA
George Trendell
as Self - Sergeant
Thich Lieu Minh
as Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon
William Marshall
as Self - Former Sergeant
George Patton IV
as Self - Colonel
Duong Van Khai
as Self - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village
Nguyen Ngoc Linh
as Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate
Michael V. Sulsona
as Self - Former Sergeant
I. F. Stone
as Self - Journalist (voice)
Eugene McCarthy
as Self - Senator (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self - Senator (archive footage)
Kay Dvorshock
as Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend
Ngo Dinh Diem
as Self (archive footage)
Nguyễn Khánh
as Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65
Maxwell Taylor
as Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
as Self (archive footage)
Nguyen Thi Sau
as Self - Former Political Prisoner
Ngô Bá Thành
as Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage)
Mary Cochran Emerson
as Self - Wife of David Emerson
Bob Hope
as Self (archive footage)