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The Martha Mitchell Effect

20226.3 / 1040 min

Documentary, Crime, History

Overview

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)

Lily Tomlin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Judith Mizrachy

Producer

Anne Alvergue

Editor

Chris Ruggiero

Music

Beth Levison

Producer

Nathalie Seaver

Co-Executive Producer

Nathan Halpern

Music

Robert Pycior

Music

Stewart Griffin

Colorist

Jamie Wolf

Executive Producer

Debra McClutchy

Director

Anne Alvergue

Director