Top Secret
The Battle for the Pentagon Papers (1991)

The original version of LATW’s groundbreaking docudrama about the Pentagon Papers, the infamous classified documents about US involvement in the Vietnam War, and how The Washington Post fought the government to publish them. Includes a 1991 panel discussion with journalists Ben Bradlee, Peter Braestrup, Robert Maynard, Carla Robbins, Robert Scheer, and George WilsonRecorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in March, 1991.Directed by Tom MooreProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergPhilip Abbot as Chal RobertsIrene Arranga as Bailiff/ClerkEdward Asner as Ben BradleeEd Begley, Jr. as George WilsonJack Coleman as Eugene Patterson/Carl CooganRichard Dysart as NarratorHector Elizondo as Fritz BeebeeBo Foxworth as The SoldierRobert Foxworth as Ben BagdikianRobin Gammell as Murray MarderGerrit Graham as Robert MardianHoward Hesseman as Brian Sullivan
Stacy Keach as John Mitchell
Darrell Larson as Darryl CoxNan Martin as Meg Greenfield
Marsha Mason as Katherine GrahamRichard Riehle as Lamont Vanderhall
Harry Shearer as Richard NixonJoe Spano as Ron ZieglerJames Whitmore as Judge Martin PeelHarris Yulin as Henry KissingerStage Manager and Sound Effects, Barnaby Harris. Recording Engineer, Steve Barker.