Hearts and Minds

Hearts and Minds (1974)

The Forever War. Goes On

Documentary War

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.

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  • Release Date: 1974-12-20
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: Peter Davis

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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)

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