The Good Shepherd

2006

Directed by

Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro

Starring

Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin

Runtime

2h 47m

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.