The Good Shepherd (2006)

R12/11/2006Drama, Thriller, History2h 47m

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Matt Damon

    Edward Bell Wilson

  2. Cast 1

    Angelina Jolie

    Margaret Ann Russell

  3. Cast 1

    Alec Baldwin

    Sam Murach

  4. Cast 1

    Tammy Blanchard

    Laura

  5. Cast 1

    Billy Crudup

    Arch Cummings

  6. Cast 1

    Robert De Niro

    Bill Sullivan

  7. Cast 1

    Keir Dullea

    Senator John Russell, Sr.

  8. Cast 1

    Michael Gambon

    Dr. Fredericks

  9. Cast 1

    Martina Gedeck

    Hanna Schiller

So rather than spend a fortune on special disguises, plastic surgery and prosthetics, the secret of being a successful counter-intelligence agent is loads of Bryclream, a pair of thick-set spectacles and a fawn, knee-length, mac. That's what puts the c into overt! That theory sort works for Matt Damon here with this lacklustre drama set around the time in world history when the American government realised they needed to gather intelligence about whom their potential 20th century foes might be. He is "Edward Wilson", who after being sworn into some top secret masonic style of society at school...