watergate scandal

Blind Ambition (1979)

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HE WANTED OFFICE, THEY WANTED MORE...

The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts -- his best-seller, her book on how it affected their marriage -- and distilled into an eight-hour drama with all of the political figures of the day parading by as Dean relates his story to his attorney when his world, based on blind ambition, begins crashing down on him.

Cast & Crew

Director
George Schaefer
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    John Dean Martin Sheen
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    Maureeen Dean Theresa Russell
  • Profile picture of Michael Callan
    Charles Colson Michael Callan
  • Profile picture of Lonny Chapman
    L. Patrick Gray Lonny Chapman
  • Profile picture of William Daniels
    G. Gordon Liddy William Daniels
  • Profile picture of Clifford David
    Fred Fielding Clifford David
  • Profile picture of Ed Flanders
    Charles Shaffer Ed Flanders
  • Profile picture of Fred Grandy
    Donald Segretti Fred Grandy
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Miniseries

1979

4 episodes

Season 1 of Blind Ambition premiered on May 20, 1979

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