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Truman

  • TV Movie
  • 1995
  • PG
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.6K
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Truman (1995)
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Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  • Director
    • Frank Pierson
  • Writers
    • David McCullough
    • Thomas Rickman
  • Stars
    • Gary Sinise
    • Diana Scarwid
    • Richard Dysart
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    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • David McCullough
      • Thomas Rickman
    • Stars
      • Gary Sinise
      • Diana Scarwid
      • Richard Dysart
    • 30User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 9 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Top Cast96

    Gary Sinise
    Gary Sinise
    • Harry S. Truman
    Diana Scarwid
    Diana Scarwid
    • Bess Truman
    Richard Dysart
    Richard Dysart
    • Henry L. Stimson
    Colm Feore
    Colm Feore
    • Charlie Ross
    James Gammon
    James Gammon
    • Sam Rayburn
    Tony Goldwyn
    Tony Goldwyn
    • Clark Clifford
    Pat Hingle
    Pat Hingle
    • Boss Tom Pendergast
    Harris Yulin
    Harris Yulin
    • General George Marshall
    Leo Burmester
    Leo Burmester
    • Frank Vassar
    Amelia Campbell
    Amelia Campbell
    • Margaret Truman
    Virginia Capers
    Virginia Capers
    • Elizabeth Moore
    John Finn
    John Finn
    • Bob Hannegan
    Zeljko Ivanek
    Zeljko Ivanek
    • Eddie Jacobson
    David Lansbury
    David Lansbury
    • Lt. Jim Pendergast
    Remak Ramsay
    • Dean Acheson
    • (as Remak Ramsey)
    Marian Seldes
    Marian Seldes
    • Eleanor Roosevelt
    Lois Smith
    Lois Smith
    • Madge Wallace Gates
    Richard Venture
    Richard Venture
    • J. Lester Perry
    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • David McCullough
      • Thomas Rickman
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    • Trivia
      The scenes of Truman's election night were filmed exactly where Harry Truman spent his election night. Truman went to bed on election night with reports predicting his defeat by Dewey at the Elm's Hotel Resort and Spa in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA.
    • Goofs
      When President Truman visits the White House kitchen staff to bring them some birthday cake, he switches on a radio to let them hear news of the end of WWII. The radio comes on the instant the switch is turned- which is incorrect for a radio of that era. Radios in 1945 utilized vacuum tubes. Radios (and later televisions) that used these tubes always took several minutes to "warm up" after being switched on.
    • Quotes
      • Harry S. Truman: If I don't drop the bomb, so many more of our young men will die in the invasion of Japan. Their men, too, and women and children. How can I face the people when it's finally over, and say that I had the power to possibly end the war, long ago, spare the lives of their loved ones, and I chose not to use it?
      • [pause]
      • Harry S. Truman: How could I look them in the face and tell them that?
      • Charlie Ross: Harry, you didn't come to me for common sense, you came to me for forgiveness. Do what you have to do. I'll still be your friend. But this is changing the course of history. You clinch the victory in the Pacific, but you sow the whirlwind.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar/Magic in the Water/The Innocent/Last of the Dogmen/Truman (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Days Are Here Again
      by Milton Ager & Jack Yellen
      Courtesy of EMI, Robbins Catalog Inc.

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 9, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Трумэн
    • Filming locations
      • Topeka, Kansas, USA
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Spring Creek Productions
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 15m(135 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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