Hearts and Minds

Name: Hearts and Minds
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 1974-12-20
Duration: 112 min
Cast: John Foster Dulles, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon

R1974•112 min

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War Documentary

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.

Audience Score:

7.7

Directed by:Peter Davis

Theatrical release poster for the film Hearts and Minds

The Cast

John Foster Dulles

Self (archive footage)

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)

Clark Clifford

Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50

Georges Bidault

Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954

George Coker

Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73

Walt Rostow

Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson

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Hearts and Minds

The Cast

John Foster Dulles

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Lyndon B. Johnson

Clark Clifford

Georges Bidault

George Coker

Walt Rostow

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