The story of Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was crippled in the 1981 assassination attempt on the president and who, with his wife, became the lightning rod for the gun control movement in the years since.

Beau Bridges
as James Brady

Joan Allen
as Sarah Brady

Bryan Clark
as Ronald Reagan

Steven Flynn
as John Hinckley

Christopher Bell
as Scotty Brady

Gary Grubbs
as Larry 'Catfish' Speakes

Christine Healy
as Ruth

Susan Brown
as Nancy Reagan

Timothy Landfield
as Bob

David Strathairn
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine