Kissinger and Nixon

A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.

Cast

Ron Silver

as Henry A. Kissinger

Beau Bridges

as Richard Nixon

Ron White

as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman

George Takei

as Le Duc Tho

Kenneth Welsh

as James 'Scotty' Reston

Tony Rosato

as Charles Colson (Special Counsel to the President)

Henry Chan

as President Nguyen Van Thieu

Matt Frewer

as Gen. Alexander Haig

Tom Tran

as Nbo

Chang Ping-Yu

as Political advisor

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