The Post

Truth be told

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

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Meryl Streep

Tom Hanks

Sarah Paulson

Bob Odenkirk

(Ben Bagdikian)

Tracy Letts

Bradley Whitford

(Arthur Parsons)

Bruce Greenwood

(Robert McNamara)

Matthew Rhys

(Daniel Ellsberg)

Alison Brie

Carrie Coon

(Meg Greenfield)

Jesse Plemons

David Cross

(Howard Simons)

Zach Woods

(Anthony Essaye)

Pat Healy

John Rue

(Gene Patterson)

Rick Holmes

(Murray Marder)

Philip Casnoff

(Chalmers Roberts)

Jessie Mueller

(Judith Martin)

Stark Sands

Michael Cyril Creighton

Will Denton

Deirdre Lovejoy

Michael Devine

Kelly Miller

Jennifer Dundas

Austyn Johnson

(Marina Bradlee)

Brent Langdon

(Paul Ignatius)

Michael Stuhlbarg

(Abe Rosenthal)

Deborah Green

(Ann Marie Rosenthal)

Gary Wilmes

(Punch Sulzberger)

Christopher Innvar

(James Greenfield)

Luke Slattery

(NY Times Runner)

Justin Swain

Robert G. McKay

(NY Times Staffer)

Sasha Spielberg

(Woman with Package)

Bryan Burton

(Lafayette Protester)

Coral Peña

Dan Bittner

(Government Lawyer)

Kenneth Tigar

(Solicitor Griswold)

David Aaron Baker

(Alexander Bickel)

Gannon McHale

(Judge Gurfein)

Kevin Loreque

(Waiter (F Street Club))

Francis Dumaurier

(Head Waiter (Oakroom))

Stephen Mailer

(Exchange President)

Ned Noyes

(Lazard Banker)

John Henry Cox

(Lazard Banker)

Dan Bucatinsky

David Costabile

Johanna Day

Annika Boras

Carolyn McCormick

(Mrs. McNamara)

Susan Blackwell

Jordan Baker

Lauren Lim Jackson

(Eastern Air Stewardess)

Peter Van Wagner

(Harry Gladstein)

Angus Hepburn

(Judge Gessell)

James Riordan

(Vice Admiral Blouin)

Kelly AuCoin

(Kevin Maroney)

Cotter Smith

(Under Secretary William Macomber)

Ben Livingston

(Dennis Doolin)

Stephen Rowe

Rick Crom

(Supreme Court Marshall)

Fenton Lawless

(Linotype Printer)

Cullen Oliver Johnson

(Linotype Printer)

JaQwan J. Kelly

(Watergate Security Guard)

Brett G. Smith

(Platoon Leader)

Brett Diggs

Anthony M Walker

Saul Alvarez

Theis Weckesser

(Military Advisor)

David Beach

Shawn Allen McLaughlin

(Reporter (Andrews AFB))

Shaun O'Hagan

(Harry Rowen (RAND))

Thaddeus Daniels

(Rand Corp Guard)

Brendan Burke

(Rand Corp Guard)

Celeste Arias

Sonny Valicenti

Patrick Noonan

Will Blomker

Amy Russ

(White House Assistant)

Aaron Roman Weiner

Catherine Wolf

(RAND Receptionist)

Joel Nagle

Tom Bair

(Rehnquist (Asst AG))

Walter Brandes

(18th Street Protester)

Juliana Davies

Hazel Mason

Ginger Mason

Sawyer Spielberg

(Plaza Protester)

Mark Jacoby

(Chief Justice Burger)

Jon Donahue

(Bertram Plain)

Seth Barrish

(Layout Editor)

Clarke Thorell

(Layout Editor)

Joseph Tudisco

Steve Witting

(NY Times Staffer)

Gary Galone

(NY Times Staffer)

Frank Ridley

(NY Times Staffer)

Jeremiah Wiggins

(NY Times Staffer)

Alexander Sage Oyen

(Protest Singer)

Brittney Johnson

(Protest Singer)

Caleb Eberhardt

(Protest Singer)

Don McCloskey

(Protest Singer)

Estelle Bajou

(Protest Singer)

Kaylyn Scardefield

(Protest Singer)

Leslie Kujo

(Protest Singer)

Lilli Cooper

(Protest Singer)

Odiseas Georgiadis

(Protest Singer)

Sean Meehan

(Suspicious Man)

Steven Kearney

Curzon Dobell

Matthew Piazzi

Armand Schultz

(WTOP-AM Reporter)

Jerry Lobrow

Mark Pinelli

(AMEX Photographer)