Synopsis
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
Cast
Bryan Cranston
Lyndon B. Johnson
Anthony Mackie
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Melissa Leo
Lady Bird Johnson
Frank Langella
Sen. Richard Russell
Bradley Whitford
Hubert Humphrey
Stephen Root
J. Edgar Hoover
Todd Weeks
Walter Jenkins
Ray Wise
Senator Everett Dirksen
Ken Jenkins
Howard W. Smith
Dohn Norwood
Ralph Abernathy
Mo McRae
Stokely Carmichael
Marque Richardson
Bob Moses
Aisha Hinds
Fannie Lou Hamer
Joe Morton
Roy Wilkins
Eric Pumphrey
David Dennis
Tim True
Deke Deloach
Bo Foxworth
Robert McNamara
Jeff Doucette
Senator Eastland
Hilary Ward
Coretta King
Spencer Garrett
Walter Reuther
Randy Oglesby
Senator Strom Thurmond
Ned Van Zandt
Senator Fulbright
Joe O'Connor
Senator Byrd
Bruce Nozick
Stanley Levison
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