Handlung
Der CBS-Journalist Lowell Bergman wittert eine gute Story für seine investigative Nachrichtensendung '60 Minutes' im Fernsehen, als er den Wissenschaftler Jeffrey Wigand, entlassener Manager der Tabakindustrie, vor das Mikrofon bekommt. Wigand weiß einiges, vor allem über den Zusatz von Suchtmitteln zu dem normalen Zigarettentabak. Leider hat er auch eine Verschwiegenheitsklausel unterzeichnet und gefährdet seine Existenz und die seiner Familie.Doch der Drang zur Wahrheit ist stärker und Wigand gibt das entscheidende Interview. Doch dann geht alles schief: Wigands Familie zerbricht unter dem Druck und dem Terror des Tabakgiganten und CBS hält den Beitrag aus Furcht vor einer Milliardenklage zurück. Bergman, der noch nie einen Informanten sitzengelassen hat, muß sich entscheiden: seine Karriere oder seine Berufsethik...
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Besetzung
Al Pacino
Lowell Bergman
Russell Crowe
Jeffrey Wigand
Christopher Plummer
Mike Wallace
Diane Venora
Liane Wigand
Philip Baker Hall
Don Hewitt
Lindsay Crouse
Sharon Tiller
Debi Mazar
Debbie De Luca
Stephen Tobolowsky
Eric Kluster
Colm Feore
Richard Scruggs
Bruce McGill
Ron Motley
Gina Gershon
Helen Caperelli
Michael Gambon
Thomas Sandefur
Rip Torn
John Scanlon
Lynne Thigpen
Mrs. Williams
Hallie Eisenberg
Barbara Wigand
Michael Paul Chan
Norman the Cameraman
Linda Hart
Mrs. Wigand
Robert Harper
Mark Stern
Nestor Serrano
FBI Agent Robertson
Pete Hamill
NY Times Reporter
Wings Hauser
Tobacco Lawyer
Cliff Curtis
Sheikh Fadlallah
Renee Olstead
Deborah Wigand
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Gary Sandy
Sandefur's Lawyer
Willie C. Carpenter
John Harris
Paul Butler
Charlie Phillips
Jack Palladino
Jack Palladino
Megan Odebash
Sandra Sutherland
Roger Bart
Seelbach Hotel Manager
Alan Desatti
Hezbollah Interpreter
Sayed Badreya
Hezbollah Head Gunman
Chris Ufland
Doug Oliver - FDA
Douglas McGrath
Private Investigator
Bill Sage
Intense Young Intern
Joseph Hindy
Baldo the Editor
Dennis Garber
FBI Agent #1
Tim Grimm
FBI Agent #2
Paul Perri
Geologist / FBI Man
Wanda De Jesus
Geologist / FBI Woman
Robert Patrick Brink
Policeman
Vincent Foster
Bill Felling
James Harper
FBI Agent #3
Eyal Podell
Lowell's Son
Breckin Meyer
Sharon's Son
David Roberson
John Telefarro
Gregg E. Muravchick
Private Security Guard
William P. Bradford
Subpoena Man
David Clyde Carr
Local Newscaster
Ann Reskin
Seelbach Hotel Desk Clerk
Claire Slemmer
Edie Magnus
Steve Salge
Dan Rather
Derrick Jones
Mississippi Reporter
Donald F. Burbrink
B & W Male Security Officer
Vyto Ruginis
Junior Lawyer
George R. Parsons
B & W Uniformed Security Officer
Isodine Loury
Mississippi Court Stenographer
Charlene Bosarge
Mr. Scruggs' Assistant
Saemi Nakamura
Japanese Waitress
Ronal G. Yokley
Police Detective
Bob Lazarus
Stage Manager
Robert J. Ragno Jr.
Photographer - New Media
Alvin L. Welch
Judge
Nathan Lewis Hill
Production Assistant
Paula Bisbikos
Mike Wallace's Assistant
Christi Evans
CBS News Producer
Knox White
Soundman
Amy L. Caudill
A Student
Cara Briese
Student (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Businessman at Airport (uncredited)
Spencer Kayden
Woman at Airport (uncredited)
Zane Lamprey
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Don Langley
Patron (uncredited)
Clyde Lee
Clyde Lee (uncredited)
Robert D. Parham
Lawyer (uncredited)
Roger Phenix
TV Camera Crew at Trial (uncredited)
Scott Ritcher
Courthouse Press Member (uncredited)
Brian Canberg
Attorney on Street (uncredited)
J.B. Flinn
Man with Drink (uncredited)
Tom Jones
Teenager in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Ted Speaker
New Orleans Murder Scene Onlooker (uncredited)
Robbie G. Tomlin
Courthouse Press Member (uncredited)
Susan Wagner
CBS Reporter (uncredited)
