JFK (1991)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers (WGA):

Jim Marrs (book)
Jim Garrison (book)
(more)

Release Date:

20 December 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The Story That Won't Go Away

Plot:

A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Plot Keywords:

Assassination Of President | Political Corruption | Acronym In Title | Political Thriller | Confrontation

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Kevin Costner	...	Jim Garrison
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Clay Shaw / Clay Bertrand
Kevin Bacon	...	Willie O'Keefe
Gary Oldman	...	Lee Harvey Oswald
Michael Rooker	...	Bill Broussard
Jack Lemmon	...	Jack Martin
Laurie Metcalf	...	Susie Cox
Sissy Spacek	...	Liz Garrison
Joe Pesci	...	David Ferrie
John Candy	...	Dean Andrews
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Lee Bowers
Jay O. Sanders	...	Lou Ivon
Walter Matthau	...	Senator Russell Long
Sally Kirkland	...	Rose Cheramie
Donald Sutherland	...	X
Edward Asner	...	Guy Bannister
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Jack Ruby
Ray LePere	...	Abraham Zapruder
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Bill Newman
Tony Plana	...	Carlos Bringuier
Wayne Knight	...	Numa Bertel
Pat Perkins	...	Mattie
Gary Grubbs	...	Al Oser
Beata Pozniak	...	Marina Oswald
Tom Howard	...	Lyndon B. Johnson
John William Galt	...	Lyndon B. Johnson (voice)
Ron Jackson	...	FBI Spokesman
Sean Stone	...	Jasper Garrison
Amy Long	...	Virginia Garrison
Scott Krueger	...	Snapper Garrison
Allison Pratt Davis	...	Elizabeth Garrison
Red Mitchell	...	Sergeant Harkness
Ronald von Klaussen	...	Hobo #1
John S. Davies	...	Hobo #2
Michael Ozag	...	Hobo #3
Tomas Milian	...	Leopoldo
Raul Aranas	...	Angelo
John C. Martin	...	Prison Guard
Henri Alciatore	...	Maitre D'
Willem Oltmans	...	George DeMohrenschildt
Gail Cronauer	...	Janet Williams
Gary Carter	...	Bill Williams
Roxie M. Frnka	...	Earlene Roberts
Zeke Mills	...	J.C. Price
James N. Harrell	...	Sam Holland
Ray Redd	...	Dodd
Ellen McElduff	...	Jean Hill
Sally Nystuen	...	Mary Moorman
Jo Anderson	...	Julia Ann Mercer
Marco Perella	...	Mercer Interrogator
Edwin Neal	...	Mercer Interrogator
Spain Logue	...	FBI Agent #1 with Hill
Darryl Cox	...	FBI Agent #2 with Hill
T.J. Kennedy	...	Hill Interrogator
Lolita Davidovich	...	Beverly Oliver (credited on Director's Cut)
Carolina McCullough	...	Stripper
Jim Garrison	...	Earl Warren
J.J. Johnston	...	Mobster with Broussard
Frank Whaley	...	Oswald Imposter (credited on Director's Cut)
R. Bruce Elliott	...	Bolton Ford Dealer
Barry Chambers	...	Man at Firing Range
Linda Flores Wade	...	Sylvia Odio
William Larsen	...	Will Fritz
Alec Gifford	...	TV Newsman #1
Eric A. Vicini	...	French Reporter
Michael Gurievsky	...	Russian Reporter
Caroline Crosthwaite-Eyre	...	British Reporter
Helen Miller	...	Garrison Receptionist
Harold G. Herthum	...	Coroner (as Harold Herthum)
Maria Mason	...	Garrison's Secretary (credited in Director's Cut)
Agnes Aurelio	...	District Attorney Staff Member (credited on Director's Cut)
Wayne Tippit	...	FBI Agent Frank
Dale Dye	...	General Y
Norman Davis	...	Colonel Reich
Errol McLendon	...	Man with Umbrella
John Seitz	...	General Lemnitzer
Bruce Gelb	...	Board Room Man
Jerry Douglas	...	Board Room Man
Ryan MacDonald	...	Board Room Man
Duane Grey	...	Board Room Man
George R. Robertson	...	White House Man (as George Robertson)
Baxter Harris	...	White House Man
Alex Rodine	...	White House Man (as Alex Rodzi Rodine)
Sam Stoneburner	...	White House Man
Odin K. Langford	...	Officer Habighorst
Bob Gunton	...	TV Newsman #2
Nathan Scott	...	John Chancler
Jorge Fernández	...	Miguel Torres (as Jorge Fernandez)
John Larroquette	...	Jerry Johnson (credited on Director's Cut)
George Kelly	...	Jerry Johnson's Sidekick (credited on Director's Cut)
Doug Jackson	...	FBI Agent at Airport (credited on Director's Cut)
Murray Stokes	...	FBI Agent at Airport (credited on Director's Cut)
Victor Kempster	...	Samuel (credited on Director's Cut)
John St. Paul	...	Airport Police Sergeant (credited on Director's Cut)
Roy Barnitt	...	Irvin F. Dymond
Alvin Spicuzza	...	Bailiff
John Finnegan	...	Judge Haggerty
Carolyn T. Wright	...	Clinton Witness (credited on Director's Cut)
Henry Tull III	...	Clinton Sheriff (credited on Director's Cut)
Walter Breaux	...	Vernon Bundy
Michael Skipper	...	James Teague
Ron Rifkin	...	Mr. Goldberg / Spiesel (credited on Director's Cut)
Melodee Bowman	...	FBI Receptionist
I.D. Brickman	...	Dr. Peters
Joseph Nadell	...	Dr. McClelland
Chris Robinson	...	Dr. Humes
Peter Maloney	...	Colonel Finck
Chris Renna	...	Bethesda Doctor
Johnny Brink	...	Roy Truly (credited on Director's Cut)
David Benn	...	Kenny O'Donnell (credited on Director's Cut)
Hugh Feagin	...	Dr. Rose (credited on Director's Cut)
Dalton Dearborn	...	Army General
Merlyn Sexton	...	Admiral Kenney
Steve F. Price Jr.	...	Pathologist #1
Tom Bullock	...	Pathologist #2
Ruary O'Connell	...	Pathologist #3
Christopher Kosiciuk	...	FBI Agent at Autopsy
John Reneau	...	A Team Shooter
Stanley White	...	B Team Shooter
Richard Rutowski	...	Fence Shooter
Bill Bolender	...	Prisoner Powell
Larry Melton	...	Patrolman Joe Smith
Carol Farabee	...	Carolyn Arnold
Willie Minor	...	Bonnie Ray Williams
Ted Pennebaker	...	Arnold Rowland
Bill Pickle	...	Marion Baker
Mykel Chaves	...	Sandra Styles
Price Carson	...	Tippet
Gil Glasgow	...	Tippet Shooter
Bob Orwig	...	Officer Poe
Loys T. Bergeron	...	Jury Foreman (as Loys Bergeron)
Kristina Hare	...	Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Gough	...	Plaza Witness #3
Curtis LeMay	...	Himself - in Front of Map, beside McNamara (archive footage)
Mike Longman	...	TV Newsman
E.J. Morris	...	Plaza Witness #1
Cheryl Penland	...	Plaza Witness #2
Anthony Ramirez	...	Epileptic
Perry R. Russo	...	Angry Bar Patron
Ann Strub	...	Banister's Secretary (credited in Director's Cut)
Gary Taggart	...	Doctor (credited on Director's Cut)
Kevin Beard	...	(uncredited)
Richard Bissell	...	Himself - CIA (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hale Boggs	...	Himself - Warren Commission (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Bornstein	...	Hitman (uncredited)
Willy Brandt	...	Himself - with JFK in Berlin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Brehm	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leonid Brezhnev	...	Himself - behind Khrushchev (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raymond Buck	...	HImself - with JFK in Fort Worth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Earle Cabell	...	Himself - Dallas Mayor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fidel Castro	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Connally	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nellie Connally	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher E. Cooper	...	Bobby Fischer (uncredited)
John Sherman Cooper	...	Himself - Warren Commission, behind Boggs (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself - Interviewing JFK / Announcing His Death (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benjamin Dane	...	Cop in Yellow Slicker (uncredited)
J.C. Day	...	Himself - Holding Rifle Aloft (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle	...	Himself - Leading Dignitaries at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Donnes	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Allen Dulles	...	Himself - CIA Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	Himself - Farewell Address (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ludwig Erhard	...	Himself - behind Haile Selassie (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Sam Giancana	...	Himself - with Sunglasses and White Hat, Encountering Reporter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roswell Gilpatric	...	Himself - with LBJ and McNamara (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Greer	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert J. Groden	...	Courtroom Projectionist (uncredited)
Andrei Gromyko	...	Himself - behind Khrushchev (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bobby Hargis	...	Himself - Dallas Police (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Hill	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Hoffa	...	Himself - Questioned by RFK (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Edgar Hoover	...	Himself - with JFK (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hubert H. Humphrey	...	Himself - behind LBJ (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson	...	Himself - after Assassination of Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lady Bird Johnson	...	Herself - at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyndon Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Kellerman	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chuck Kelley	...	Dallas County Sherriff (uncredited)
Caroline Kennedy	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethel Kennedy	...	Herself - behind RFK during Final Speech (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacqueline Kennedy	...	Herself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph P. Kennedy	...	Himself - with Family (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Kennedy Jr.	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Kennedy	...	Interrogator (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rose Kennedy	...	Herself - with Family (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Kennedy	...	Himself - at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev	...	Himself - with JFK (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edward G. Lansdale	...	Himself - with LeMay, McNamara, Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Peter Lawford	...	Himself - at JFK Funeral, behind Ted Kennedy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Cabot Lodge	...	Himself - with LBJ (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrice Lumumba	...	Himself - with White Shirt, Hands Bound behind Back (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ada Lynn	...	Marguerite Oswald (uncredited)
James MacArthur	...	David McVey - in Film 'Cry of Battle' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Marshall	...	Warren Commission Attorney (uncredited)
B.J. Martin	...	Himself - Dallas Police (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eugene McCarthy	...	Himself - Campaigning (archive footage) (uncredited)
John J. McCloy	...	Himself - Warren Commission, beside Russell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tim McIntyre	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert McNamara	...	Himself - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Moorman	...	Herself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mohammed Mossadegh	...	Himself - with the Shah (archive footage) (uncredited)
John M. Newman	...	Officer with Top Secret Document (uncredited)
Dinh Diem Ngo	...	Himself - Walking with Stick (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Nixon	...	Herself - with Richard Nixon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself - during Kennedy-Nixon Debate (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi	...	Himself - Holding Long Knife (archive footage) (uncredited)
David F. Powers	...	Himself - Carrying Casket at Andrews AFB (archive footage) (uncredited)
Francis Gary Powers	...	Himself - on Trial in Soviet Union (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson Rockefeller	...	Himself - behind Richard and Pat Nixon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carl Rooney	...	Gold Man (uncredited)
Johnny Roselli	...	Himself - with Sunglasses and Red Tie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roman Rudenko	...	Himself - with Gary Powers (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Richard Russell	...	Himself - Warren Commission (archive footage) (uncredited)
Codie Scott	...	Man in Court (uncredited)
Haile Selassie	...	Himself - with DeGaulle at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Sheen	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
David M. Shoup	...	Himself - Sitting Down with Taylor and Anderson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adlai Stevenson	...	Himself - at the UN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxwell Taylor	...	Himself - with LBJ and MacNamara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry M. Wade	...	Himself - Dallas District Attorney (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark Edward Walters	...	Assasination Witness (uncredited)
Earl Warren	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John B. Wells	...	Dan Rather (uncredited)
Phillip L. Willis	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosemary Willis	...	Herself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis Steven Witt	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angus G. Wynne III	...	Colonel (uncredited)
Malcolm X	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)