"Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President."
Gary Sinise
as Harry S Truman
Diana Scarwid
as Bess Truman
Richard Dysart
as Henry L. Stimson
Colm Feore
as Charlie Ross
James Gammon
as Sam Rayburn
Tony Goldwyn
as Clark Clifford
Pat Hingle
as Boss Tom Pendergast
Harris Yulin
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Leo Burmester
as Frank Vassar
Amelia Campbell
as Margaret Truman
Virginia Capers
as Elizabeth Moore
John Finn
as Bob Hannagan
Željko Ivanek
as Eddie Jacobsen
David Lansbury
as Lt. Jim Pendergast
Remak Ramsay
as Dean Acheson
Marian Seldes
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Lois Smith
as Madge Wallace Gates
Daniel von Bargen
as General MacArthur
Winston Churchill
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Richardson
as Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited)
Harry Gibbs
as Vice-President Garner
Jessica Drake
as Woman Reporter
Addison Myers
as Operator
Michael Murphy
as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)
Jason Ray
as Soldier (Uncredited)
Nora Denney
as Mama Truman
Thomas Rickman
Teleplay
David McCullough
Author
Frank Pierson
Director
Production Assistant
Bruce Alan Greene
Steadicam Operator
Russell Cate
Key Makeup Artist
James Evanoff
Key Hair Stylist
Heidi Seeholzer
Makeup Artist
Marta Evry
Associate Editor
Doro Bachrach
Producer
Ann Clifford
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Steven Shareshian
Production Supervisor
Bernie White
Assistant Costume Designer
Kristine McPherson
Assistant Editor
Leigh Miller
Production Coordinator
David Mansfield
Music
Jeffrey Kaplan
Sound Editor
Deborah Slate
Costume Supervisor
Mary Colquhoun
Casting
Benjamin Robin
Wayne Heitman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Greg Conway
James Bolt
William Schlueter
Solange S. Schwalbe
Larry Fioritto
Special Effects Coordinator
Steve Lillard
Special Effects Supervisor
Jill Gurr
Script Supervisor
Gary Kosko
Art Direction
Mike Makishuck
Cindy Evans
Set Costumer
Paula Weinstein
Executive Producer
Stephen Marsh
Production Design
Karola Storr
Anthea Sylbert
Francine Byrne
Art Department Coordinator
Mike Le Mare
Supervising Sound Editor
Mona Orr
Hair Designer
Gordon J. Smith
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Reinhard Stergar
Production Sound Mixer
Jill M. Ohanneson
Costume Designer
Raymond Mackintosh
Prosthetic Supervisor
Louise Mackintosh
Paul Elliott
Director of Photography
Gionilda Stolee
Evan Penny
Prosthetics Sculptor
Tom Scurry
Joyce Anne Gilstrap
Set Decoration
Stuart Artingstall
Wigmaker
Joel Fein
Michael Tinger
Post Production Supervisor
Dialect Coach
Allan K. Rosen
Music Editor
Ashlee Petersen
Chris Barnes
Scenic Artist
Ken Gladden
Dan Wallin
Sound Engineer
Andy Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Russell Jones
Music Coordinator
David Olson
Ernest Farino
Title Designer
Deborah Ricketts
Archival Footage Research
Steve Livingston
Joëlle Taar
Assistant Sound Editor