Ronnie Gilchrist (Nick & Jake): You can take the girl out of Winnetka...and with the right influences, you can take Winnetka out of the girl.

Played by Natasha Warner

Roy M. Cohn (Senator McCarthy’s Top Aide): He found Commie filth on every bookshelf, and a Red in every closet but his own.

Played by Scott Thomas

Davey Schine (McCarthy Investigator): Did his heart belong to “Daddy,” or did every little breeze seem to whisper Maurice?

Played by Darron Dunbar

Irving Kristol (Co-founder, Encounter; Neo-Conservative Pioneer): Could the liberal editor of a leftist intellectual journal have a secret agenda?

Played by Jack Caffrey

Alden Pyle Carraway (The Quiet American): Nick’s son. Expatriate, rebel, idealist, he did great harm out of good intentions.

Played by Darren Bluestone

Bud Powell (American Jazz Pianist): A tormented genius who would do anything for a friend.

Played by Stan Strickland

Larry Darrell (The Razor’s Edge): For him, the line between enlightenment and espionage was as thin as a razor’s edge.

Played by Alan Nebelthau

Thomas Fowler (The Quiet American): British journalist. Saigon was his beat, Americans were his bête noir -- especially the quiet ones.

Played by Pat Oliphant

Jackie Susann (Author, Valley of the Dolls): From her room in the Martha Washington Hotel for Women, she had her own brand of New York savvy for Ronnie Gilchrist.

Played by Rosalia Triana

Maurice Chevalier (Entertainer/ Collaborator): He sang for the Germans, but he didn’t remember it well.

Played by Pascal Aubier

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