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  • American Experience RFK (Season 17, Episode 1)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

RFK (Season 17, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Part One: The Garish Sun: Robert F. Kennedy devotes himself to his brother John, then deals with the pain of the assassination.
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Oct 4, 2004 (United States)

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37 cast members
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Blair Brown
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Roy M. Cohn
Self - Attorney (archive footage) Self - Attorney (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Dallek
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Peter Edelman
Self - Aide and Speechwriter Self - Aide and Speechwriter   See fewer
Richard N. Goodwin
Self - Assistant Special Counsel to the President (as Richard Goodwin) Self - Assistant Special Counsel to the President (as Richard Goodwin)   See fewer
Samuel Halpern
Self - CIA Operations Officer Self - CIA Operations Officer   See fewer
Jimmy Hoffa
Self - Teamster's Union President (archive footage) Self - Teamster's Union President (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Senate Majority Leader (D-Texas) (archive footage) Self - Senate Majority Leader (D-Texas) (archive footage)   See fewer
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Assistant Attorney General / Deputy Attorney General Self - Assistant Attorney General / Deputy Attorney General   See fewer
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Self - Daughter Self - Daughter   See fewer
Ethel Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy (archive footage) Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph P. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Rose Kennedy
Self - Mother of the Kennedys (archive footage) Self - Mother of the Kennedys (archive footage)   See fewer
Ted Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Martin Luther King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Anthony Lewis
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
John Lewis
Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist   See fewer
Joseph McCarthy
Self - U.S. Senator (archive footage) Self - U.S. Senator (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack Newfield
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
Pierre Salinger
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Self - Biographer (as Arthur Schlesinger) Self - Biographer (as Arthur Schlesinger)   See fewer
John Seigenthaler Sr.
Self - Journalist / Administrative Assistant, Justice Department (as John Seigenthaler) Self - Journalist / Administrative Assistant, Justice Department (as John Seigenthaler)   See fewer
Jeff Shesol
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Ronald Steel
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Adlai Stevenson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Evan Thomas
Self - Biographer Self - Biographer   See fewer
Adam Walinsky
Self - Aide and Speechwriter Self - Aide and Speechwriter   See fewer
Roger Wilkins
Self - Agency for International Development Self - Agency for International Development   See fewer
Harris Wofford
Self - Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Self - Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights   See fewer
Ralph Abernathy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
David Brinkley
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Fauntroy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert McNamara
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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