The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

Overview

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

Cast

Corey Johnson

Dick Fuld

James Cromwell

Hank Paulson

Michael Landes

Zach

Henry Goodman

John Mack

Ben Daniels

John Thain

Michael Brandon

Jamie Dimon

James Bolam

Ken Lewis

David Annen

Greg Flemming

Josh Dallas

Ace

Richard Durden

Harvey Miller

William Hope

Bart McDade

Alex Jennings

Timothy Geithner