The Martha Mitchell Effect
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
Cast
Martha Mitchell
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Connie Chung
Self (voice)
Dwight L. Chapin
Self (voice)
Piper Dankworth
Self (voice)
John Dean
Self (voice)
Dan Romaine Kirkham
Self (voice)
Sally Quinn
Self (voice)
Bob Woodward
Self (voice)
David Frost
Self (archive footage)
J. William Fulbright
Self (archive footage)
George McGovern
Self (archive footage)
Bonnie Angelo
Self (archive footage)
John Mitchell
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Videos
Storyline
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
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