After thinking about it for years, he finally 'threw/flung/cast caution to the wind', quit his job, and started his own company.
The scandal 'cast a cloud' over his presidency. [=people thought the President did something wrong]
The 'cast of characters' includes President Johnson and his top advisers during the Vietnam War.
(..) Thea von Harbou's novel Metropolis first appeared in the magazine Illustriertes Blatt, Frankfurt. The book was published by August Scherl Verlag G.m.b.H. The film's cast: Joh Fredersen: Alfred Abel Freder, Joh Fredersen's Son: Gustav Fr'lich Rotwang, the inventor: Rudolf Klein-Rogge (..)1927 Metropolis