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The Second Civil War

6.2 97 mins Drama   Comedy   TV Movie   War   1997
Baltimore Pictures   HBO  
Director(s): Joe Dante

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.

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Beau Bridges

as Governor Jim Farley

Joanna Cassidy

as Helena Newman

James Coburn

as Jack Buchan

Kevin Dunn

as Jimmy Cannon

Phil Hartman

as The President

Dan Hedaya

as Mel Burgess

James Earl Jones

as Jim Kalla

Denis Leary

as Vinnie Franco

Elizabeth Peña

as Christina Fernandez

Ron Perlman

as Alan Manieski

Brian Keith

as General Buford

Kevin McCarthy

as Chief of Staff

Dick Miller

as Eddie O'Neill

William Schallert

as Secretary of Defense

Catherine Lloyd Burns

as Amelia Sims

Jerry Hardin

as Colonel McNally

Larry Jenkins

as Kenya Nkomo

Ben Masters

as Matthew Langford

Roger Corman

as Sandy Collins

Rance Howard

as Arnold Tooney, Jr.

Anthony Lee

as Steven Kingsley

Andrew Hill Newman

as Chris Vincent

Robert Picardo

as Godfrey

Neil Roberts

as Tony Phillips

Hank Stratton

as Blaine Gorman

Alexandra Wilson

as Caroline Dawes

Scott Atkinson

as Young Militia Man

Belinda Balaski

as Graphic Designer

Eve Brenner

as Elderly Militia Woman

Jordan Bridges

as Farley's Aide

Jennifer Carlson

as NewsNet Assistant

Melissa Chan

as Mary Anne Wong

Shelley Malil

as Congressman Singh

Richard Gross

as Militia Leader

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