The Good Shepherd (2006) - film review

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The Good Shepherd is an American thriller film first released in 2006, directed by Robert De Niro. The film stars Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard and Billy Crudup. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Robert De Niro
Script: Robert De Niro
Photo: Robert Richardson
Music: Bruce Fowler, Marcelo Zarvos
Cast: Matt Damon (Edward Wilson), Angelina Jolie (Margaret ’Clover’ Russell), Alec Baldwin (Sam Murach), Tammy Blanchard (Laura), Billy Crudup (Arch Cummings), Robert De Niro (Bill Sullivan), Keir Dullea (Senator John Russell, Sr.), Michael Gambon (Dr. Fredericks), Martina Gedeck (Hanna Schiller), William Hurt (Philip Allen), Timothy Hutton (Thomas Wilson), Mark Ivanir (Valentin Mironov #2), Gabriel Macht (John Russell, Jr.), Lee Pace (Richard Hayes), Joe Pesci (Joseph Palmi), Eddie Redmayne (Edward Wilson Jr.), John Sessions (Valentin Mironov #1), Oleg Shtefanko (Ulysses), John Turturro (Ray Brocco), Yelena Shmulenson (Dollar Woman), Jack Martin (Dollar Little Boy), Anne-Marie Cusson (Philip Allen’s Secretary), Robert Bermudez Cordell (Bay of Pigs Voiceover), David Crommett (Spanish Translator), Michael Arden (Pinafore Actor), Justin Bohon (Pinafore Actor), Justin Daniel (Pinafore Actor), Michael Flanigan (Pinafore Actor), John Hill (Pinafore Actor), Will Reynolds (Pinafore Actor), Michael Seelbach (Pinafore Actor), Ryan Michael Shaw (Pinafore Actor), Stephen Powell (HMS Pinafore Singer), Henry Gummer (Bonesman), Gregory Marcel (Dancing Skeleton), Austin Williams (Young Edward Wilson), Sophie Sutton (Connie Wilson), Lars Gerhard (Mr. Haupt), Tessa Keimes (Mr. Haupt’s Translator), Peter Kybart (Dr. Manheim), Rob Barnes (Man at Jazz Club), Lee Bryant (Mrs. John Russell, Sr.), Laila Robins (Toddy Allen), Redman Maxfield (Older Bonesman 1940), John Whitehead (Reverend Collins), Jeff Skowron (Deer Island Crooner 1940), Meredith Deacon (John Russell, Jr.’s Girlfriend), Josh Casaubon (Army Man 1940), Christopher Evan Welch (Photography Technical Officer), Tuc Watkins (Sound Technical Officer), Leonard Logsdail (Tailor), Eric Lindh (Tailor Shop Guard), Trace Taylor (Cryptographer), Amanda Barron (Cryptographer), James Faulkner (Lord Cooper), Robert Ian Mackenzie (Cambridge Club Butler), Dieter Riesle (Herr Franck), Sándor Técsy (Sasha, Ulysses’ Aide), Tommy Nelson (Edward, Jr. – Age 6-7), Greg Plitt (Guard with Sullivan), Marcos Cohen (Dr. Ibanez), Jeff Applegate (Michael Johnson), Jon Monett (CIA Insect Man), Sandee Conrad (Edward’s Secretary), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Husband Dinner Guest), Susan Haskell (Wife Dinner Guest), Sjoerd Dejong (Santa Claus), Neal Huff (Teletype Operations Officer), Jason Butler Harner (Teletype Communications Officer), Amy Wright (Safe House Operations Officer), Matthew Humphreys (Cherry Orchard Actor), Karron Graves (Cherry Orchard Actress), Robert C. Kirk (Laura’s Taxi Driver), Reathel Bean (’Dame’ Bonesman), Jerry Coyle (’Dame’ Bonesman), Wally Dunn (’Dame’ Bonesman), Roger Rathburn (’Dame’ Bonesman), Michael Melvoin (Piano Player), Glenn Kalison (Telephone Operations Officer), John Knox (Technical Service Officer), Benjamin Eakeley (Bonesman 1960), Gino Cafarelli (Palmi’s Bodyguard), Tommy DeVito (Palmi’s Bodyguard), Stefanie Nava (Tina Palmi), Isabella Cimato (Palmi’s Granddaughter), Jimmy Marchese (Palmi’s Grandson), Robert Prescott (Bonesman MC 1961), Bill McHugh (Reverend Christiansen), Ann Hampton Callaway (1961 Deer Island Singer), Christopher Druckman (FBI Agent), Liya Kebede (Miriam), John Henry (Philip Allen’s Driver), Cuyle Carvin (Suicide Victim), Fidel Castro (Himself), Dominick Cicco (Protestor), Scot Cregan (CIA Agent), Allyson Floyd (Deer Island Maid), Turi Haim (Theatre Patron), Darryl Reuben Hall (Black Bar Patron), Adolf Hitler (Himself), John F. Kennedy (Himself), Vladislav Kozlov (Executioner), Aaron Michael Lacey (CIA Agent), Justin Restivo (Yale Student), James Lloyd Reynolds (Field Officer), Kenneth Richards (Bonesman), Drew Seltzer (Edward’s Classmate), Reyna Shaskan (Voice), Christopher Stadulis (Under Cover CIA Agent), Alec Von Bargen (Fidel Castro), John Wernke (Bonesman #3)
Country: USA
Language: English / Spanish / German / Russian
Runtime: 167 min

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