
Casualties of War(1989)
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.


“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.

Michael Gambon
Lyndon Johnson

Donald Sutherland
Clark Clifford

Alec Baldwin
Robert McNamara

Bruce McGill
George Ball

James Frain
Richard Goodwin

Felicity Huffman
Lady Bird Johnson

Philip Baker Hall
Everett Dirksen

Frederic Forrest
Earle G. Wheeler

Diana Scarwid
Marny Clifford

Sarah Paulson
Luci Baines Johnson
Path to War is a drama, history, tv movie, war film released in 2003 exploring themes of vietnam war, vietcong, usa president, cold war, failure, advisor. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it stars Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin. 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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