LBJ: The Early Years

Year: 1987

Runtime: 155 mins

Language: English

Director: Peter Werner

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LBJ: The Early Years is a biographical television film that premiered on NBC in February 1987. It dramatizes the formative period of Lyndon B. Johnson’s life and career, tracing his rise from a Texas congressman in 1934 through the events leading up to 1973. Randy Quaid stars as Johnson, a performance that earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.

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