USA,
1995, 128 min
Directed by:
Frank R. PiersonScreenplay:
Thomas RickmanCinematography:
Paul ElliottComposer:
David MansfieldCast:
Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore, James Gammon, Tony Goldwyn, Pat Hingle, Harris Yulin, Leo Burmester, Željko Ivanek, Lois Smith (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Harry S. Truman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987517_ed1571.jpg)
Harry S. Truman (a.f.)
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![Franklin D. Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950086_6c35de.jpg)
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![Winston Churchill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987504_19adc0.jpg)
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![Nora Denney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/121/162121789_e360e9.jpg)
Nora Denney
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![Wiley Harker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/722/162722461_0c6651.jpg)
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