Truth be told
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Meryl Streep Tom Hanks Sarah Paulson Bob Odenkirk Tracy Letts Bradley Whitford Bruce Greenwood Matthew Rhys Alison Brie Carrie Coon Jesse Plemons David Cross Zach Woods Pat Healy John Rue Rick Holmes Philip Casnoff Jessie Mueller Stark Sands Michael Cyril Creighton Will Denton Deirdre Lovejoy Michael Devine Kelly Miller Jennifer Dundas Austyn Johnson Brent Langdon Michael Stuhlbarg Deborah Green Gary Wilmes Christopher Innvar Luke Slattery Justin Swain Robert G. McKay Sasha Spielberg Bryan Burton Coral Peña Dan Bittner Kenneth Tigar David Aaron Baker Gannon McHale Kevin Loreque Francis Dumaurier Stephen Mailer Ned Noyes John Henry Cox Dan Bucatinsky David Costabile Johanna Day Annika Boras Carolyn McCormick Susan Blackwell Jordan Baker Lauren Lim Jackson Peter Van Wagner Angus Hepburn James Riordan Kelly AuCoin Cotter Smith Ben Livingston Stephen Rowe Rick Crom Fenton Lawless Cullen Oliver Johnson JaQwan J. Kelly Brett G. Smith Brett Diggs Anthony M Walker Saul Alvarez Theis Weckesser David Beach Shawn Allen McLaughlin Shaun O'Hagan Thaddeus Daniels Brendan Burke Celeste Arias Sonny Valicenti Patrick Noonan Will Blomker Amy Russ Aaron Roman Weiner Catherine Wolf Joel Nagle Tom Bair Walter Brandes Juliana Davies Hazel Mason Ginger Mason Sawyer Spielberg Mark Jacoby Jon Donahue Seth Barrish Clarke Thorell Joseph Tudisco Steve Witting Gary Galone Frank Ridley Jeremiah Wiggins Alexander Sage Oyen Brittney Johnson Caleb Eberhardt Don McCloskey Estelle Bajou Kaylyn Scardefield Leslie Kujo Lilli Cooper Odiseas Georgiadis Sean Meehan Steven Kearney Curzon Dobell Matthew Piazzi Armand Schultz Jerry Lobrow Mark Pinelli
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