Poll: The "Nightmare" Cabinet...
... or what if American movie villains were members of the US government? (or the most important officials of the executive branch) Which of these assignments would be your worst-case scenario? After voting, you might discuss the list here
Vote:
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Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin: Secretary of Homeland Security -
Lee J. Cobb in On the Waterfront (1954)
Johnny Friendly: Secretary of Labor -
"Apocalypse Now" Marlon Brando
Col. Walter E. Kurtz: Secretary of Veteran Affairs -
Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest (1981)
Joan Crawford: Secretary of Education -
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)
Daniel Plainview: Secretary of Energy -
Lionel Barrymore in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Potter: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
Dennis Hopper in Speed (1994)
Howard Payne: Secretary of Transportation -
Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Nurse Ratched: Secretary of Health and Human Services -
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Jordan Belfort: Secretary of Commerce -
John Huston in Chinatown (1974)
Noah Cross: Secretary of Agriculture -
Jonathan Hyde in Jumanji (1995)
Van Pelt: Secretary of the Interior -
Bob Gunton in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Warden Samuel Norton: Attorney General -
Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men (1992)
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: Secretary of Defense -
Michael Douglas in Wall Street (1987)
Gordon Gekko: Secretary of the Treasury -
Gene Hackman in Superman (1978)
Lex Luthor: Secretary of State -
Martin Sheen in The Dead Zone (1983)
Greg Stillson: President -
Christian Bale in Vice (2018)
Dick Cheney: Vice President (wait, this one actually happened!)