In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

• DirectorMike Nichols
• Release19 December 2007
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 42m
• Budget$75,000,000
• Revenue$119,483,446
• Rate
  

  6.535
  1529 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Participant, Playtone, MP Munich Pape Filmproductions