The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
Full Cast of Prohibition
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father is Oscar Award-winning actor Alan...
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
Blythe Danner
Reader (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Reader (voice)
Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at...
Josh Lucas
Reader (voice)
Over his career, Josh Lucas has worked with many of the film community's greatest talents. He has starred alongside...
Amy Madigan
Reader (voice)
Amy Marie Madigan (born September 11, 1950) is an American actress who is known for her role as Annie Kinsella in...
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
Oliver Platt
Reader / Al Capone (voice)
Sam Waterston
Reader (voice)
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director....
Studs Terkel
Self - Writer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
Joanne Tucker
Reader (voice)
Freddie Johnson
Self - Historian
Crew of Prohibition
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