Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)

6.5/10 90 min Documentary

Overview

For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.

Cast

Mike Wallace

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

Mickey Cohen

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

John McCain

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

David Letterman

Self (archive footage)

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Spiro Agnew

Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis

(archive footage)

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