5.9 Score

2006 • 2h 47min • R • Thriller, Drama, History

The Good Shepherd

"Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it."

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

IMDb 6.7

RT 56%

MC 61

Director

Robert De Niro

Writer

Eric Roth

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Matt Damon

Edward Bell Wilson

Angelina Jolie

Margaret Ann Russell

Robert De Niro

Bill Sullivan

Alec Baldwin

Sam Murach

William Hurt

Philip Allen

Joe Pesci

Joseph Palmi

John Turturro

Raymond Brocco

Billy Crudup

Archibald Cummings

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Matt Damon Edward Bell Wilson

Angelina Jolie Margaret Ann Russell

Robert De Niro Bill Sullivan

Alec Baldwin Sam Murach

William Hurt Philip Allen

Joe Pesci Joseph Palmi

John Turturro Raymond Brocco

Billy Crudup Archibald Cummings

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Michael Gambon Dr. Fredericks

Timothy Hutton Thomas Wilson

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Martina Gedeck Hanna Schiller

Gabriel Macht John Russell, Jr.

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