A television movie about the political career of Lyndon Johnson from 1934 until his ascension to the Presidency in 1963. The story begins in 1934 when Johnson is a secretary to a Texas congressman and while he's courting Ladybird Taylor, with whom he later eloped. Johnson returns to Washington in 1937 as a congressman from Texas. In 1955 he gains control of the Senate as Majority Leader, and suffers a near-fatal heart attack. After a long recovery, he returns to the Senate.

Starring:

Al Hansen, Anne Haney, Barry Corbin, Bill Smillie, Bob Aaron, Bruce Gray, Buddy Quaid, Burr Middleton, Charles Frank, Corey Burton, Dan Priest, Dave Adams, David Carlile, Don Moss, Duncan McLeod, Frances Bay, Frances Conroy, Gary Bayer, George Christy, Ian Wolfe, Jack Blessing, Jack Garner, James F Kelly, Jerry Hardin, Jerry Potter, Jim Boeke, Joan Prat

Genre:

Drama