Best of Enemies (2015) | Full Cast

Robert Gordon

DIRECTOR

Morgan Neville

DIRECTOR

Gore Vidal

Self - Debater(archiveFootage)

William F. Buckley

Self - Debater(archiveFootage)

Dick Cavett

Self - Talk Show Host

Noam Chomsky

Self(archiveFootage)

Todd Gitlin

Self - Media Studies, Columbia University

Brooke Gladstone

Self - Host, NPR's On the Media

Richard Wald

Self - Former President, NBC News

William Sheehan

Self - Former President, ABC News

Frank Rich

Self - Writer, New York Magazine

Sam Tanenhaus

Self - Biographer, William F. Buckley Jr.

Patricia Buckley

Self - Buckley's Wife(archiveFootage)

Lee Edwards

Self - Historian, The Heritage Foundation

Reid Buckley

Self - Buckley's Brother

Linda Bridges

Self - Buckley's Personal Assistant

Fred Kaplan

Self - Author, Gore Vidal: A Biography

Matt Tyrnauer

Self - Vidal's Editor & Friend

Sam Donaldson

Self - Correspondent, ABC News(archiveFootage)

Howard K. Smith

Self - Anchor, ABC News(archiveFootage)

George Merlis

Self - ABC Publicist

Christopher Hitchens

Self - Political Essayist

Norman Mailer

Self - Author(archiveFootage)

Godfrey Cambridge

Self - Comedian(archiveFootage)

Muhammad Ali

Self - Boxer(archiveFootage)

Eric Alterman

Self - Media Historian

Ginia Bellafante

Self - Culture Writer, New York Times

Elmer Lower

Self - President, ABC News(archiveFootage)

John McWhorter

Self - Linguist, Columbia University

James Wolcott

Self - Writer, Vanity Fair Magazine

Andrew Sullivan

Self - Political Editor & Blogger

Everett Dirksen

Self - Senator, Illinois(archiveFootage)

Richard J. Daley

Self - Mayor, Chicago(archiveFootage)

Arthur Miller

Self - Playwright(archiveFootage)

Paul Newman

Self - Actor(archiveFootage)

Al Capp

Self - Political Satirist(archiveFootage)

Shana Alexander

Self - Point Commentator(archiveFootage)

James J. Kilpatrick

Self - Counterpoint Commentator(archiveFootage)

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Self - New York Times Writer

John Lithgow

Gore Vidal(voice)

Kelsey Grammer

William F. Buckley(voice)

Walter Cronkite

Self(archiveFootage)

Mason Pike

Klan Member(uncredited)

Nancy Reagan

Self(uncredited)(archiveFootage)

Ronald Reagan

Self(uncredited)(archiveFootage)