Nixon

Overview

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry's faith in government.

Directed by David Espar, Marilyn H. Mellowes, Elizabeth Deane

Top cast

Will Lyman

Narrator (voice)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Pat Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Hannah Milhous Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Alger Hiss

Self (archive footage)

Whittaker Chambers

Self (archive footage)

Helen Gahagan

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Adlai Stevenson

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

John Ehrlichman

Self

Charles Colson

Self

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Elliot Richardson

Self

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Dick Gregory

Self (archive footage)

Melvin Laird

Self (archive footage)

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Tricia Nixon Cox

Self (archive footage)

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Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

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