| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blake Leyh | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Michael Chandler | Crew | Writing | Writer, Editor |
 Rick Goldsmith | Crew | Writing | Writer, Director, Editor |
Vicente Franco | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Dan Krauss | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Judith Ehrlich | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
Lawrence Lerew | Crew | Writing | Writer, Editor |
Jorge Trelles | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
 Dan Rather | Cast | Actor | Self - Reporter (archive footage) |
 Daniel Ellsberg | Cast | Actor | Self (Narraror) |
 Howard Zinn | Cast | Actor | Self - Historian |
John Dean | Cast | Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon | |
 Lyndon B. Johnson | Cast | Actor | Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) |
Peter Arnett | Cast | Actor | Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage) |
 Richard Nixon | Cast | Actor | Self - President (archive footage) |
 Robert McNamara | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Ann Beeson | Cast | Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU | |
Patricia Ellsberg | Cast | Self | |
Thomas Schelling | Cast | Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate | |
Morton Halperin | Cast | Actor | Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin) |
Pete McCloskey | Cast | Actor | Self - Representative, California |
Wayne Morse | Cast | Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage) | |
Hedrick Smith | Cast | Self - Reporter, New York Times | |
Robert Ellsberg | Cast | Self - Daniel's Son | |
Tony Russo | Cast | Self - RAND Analyst | |
James Goodale | Cast | Self - General Counsel, New York Times | |
Ben Bagdikian | Cast | Self - Editor, Washington Post | |
Max Frankel | Cast | Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times | |
J. William Fulbright | Cast | Actor | Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage) |
Randy Kehler | Cast | Self - Draft Resister | |
Thomas Oliphant | Cast | Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant) | |
Janaki Tschannerl | Cast | Self - Peace Activist | |
 Leonard Weinglass | Cast | Actor | Self - Russo Defense Attorney |
Bud Krogh | Cast | Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh) | |
Richard Falk | Cast | Self - Professor of International Law | |
Mike Gravel | Cast | Self - Senator (D-Alaska) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
