Overview - A Bright Shining Lie

Overview

Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with the way the war is being run and is forced to leave the military. Returning to Vietnam as a civilian working with the Army, he comes to despise some South Vietnamese officers while he takes charge of some of the U.S. forces and continues his liaisons with Vietnamese women.

Cast

• Name: Bill Paxton

  Character: John Paul Vann

  Popularity: 1.9338

  

• Name: Amy Madigan

  Character: Mary Jane Vann

  Popularity: 1.4481

  

• Name: Donal Logue

  Character: Steven Burnett

  Popularity: 1.5387

  

• Name: Robert John Burke

  Character: Frank Drummond

  Popularity: 1.2665

  

• Name: Vivian Wu

  Character: Lee

  Popularity: 1.6387

  

• Name: Ed Lauter

  Character: General Weyand

  Popularity: 0.8125

  

• Name: Kurtwood Smith

  Character: General Westmoreland

  Popularity: 1.4402

  

• Name: Eric Bogosian

  Character: Doug Elders

  Popularity: 0.8863