Hearts and Minds

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.

7.6

112 min

Cast

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)

Director

Peter Davis