Chicago 1968
MovieOverview
American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for president amid massive civil unrest and violence perpetrated by Chicago Police and anti-Vietnam War protesters.
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Cast
31 actors
David McCullough
Self - Host
William Stanley Merwin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tom Wicker
Self - Journalist
Albert Eisele
Self - Biographer
Ted Van Dyk
Self - Humphrey Staff
Marilyn Katz
Self - Antiwar Activist
David Dellinger
Self - Antiwar Activist
David Farber
Self - Historian
Roger Wilkins
Self - US Justice Department
Joel Weisman
Self - Chicago Journalist
David Stahl
Self - Chicago Deputy Mayor
Abe Peck
Self - Anitwar Activist
Thomas Foran
Self - US Attorney, Illinois
Rennie Davis
Self - Antiwar Activist
Richard Samuel
Self - McCarthy Delegate
William Frapolly
Self - Undercover Police
Mike Spiegel
Self - Antiwar Activist
Frank Sullivan
Self - Police Spokesman
Tom Hayden
Self - Antiwar Activist
Reuven Frank
Self - NBC News
David Ginsburg
Self - Humphrey Staff
Edward Collins
Self - Chicago Police
Bill Ayers
Self - Antiwar Activist
Jean Wallin
Self - McCarthy Delegate
Joseph Alioto
Self - Mayor, San Francisco (archive footage)
Richard J. Daley
Self (archive footage)
Wayne Hays
Self - Representative, Ohio (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Eugene McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Salinger
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)
Theodore Sorensen
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)