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Truman (1995 film)

Truman is a 1995 American biographical drama television film directed by Frank Pierson and written by Thomas Rickman, based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1992 book, Truman.[1] Starring Gary Sinise as Harry S. Truman, the film centers on Truman's humble beginnings, his rise to the presidency, World War II, and his decision to use the first atomic bomb. The film's tagline is "It took a farmer's hand to shape a nation." The film aired on HBO on September 9, 1995.

Truman

United States

English

Doro Bachrach

135 minutes

$8 million

HBO

September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)

as Harry S. Truman

Gary Sinise

as Bess Truman

Diana Scarwid

as Henry L. Stimson

Richard Dysart

as Charlie Ross

Colm Feore

as Sam Rayburn

James Gammon

as Clark Clifford

Tony Goldwyn

as Boss Tom Pendergast

Pat Hingle

as General George C. Marshall

Harris Yulin

as Frank Vassar

Leo Burmester

as Margaret Truman

Amelia Campbell

as Elizabeth Moore

Virginia Capers

as Bob Hannegan

John Finn

as Eddie Jacobson

Željko Ivanek

David Lansbury as Lt.

Jim Pendergast

as Dean Acheson

Remak Ramsay

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Marian Seldes

as Madge Wallace Gates

Lois Smith

as J. Lester Perry

Richard Venture

as General Douglas MacArthur

Daniel von Bargen

as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)

Michael Murphy