American Experience Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Experience

Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close (Season 1, Episode 7)

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmaker Robert Drew updates his 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment which followed the confrontation between President Kennedy and Alabama governor George Wallace.

Director

Robert Drew

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Updated Nov 15, 1988

Release date

Nov 15, 1988 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 128 nominations

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Clarke Bittner Narrator Narrator See fewer	Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Nicholas Katzenbach Self Self See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
George Wallace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)