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The film is a lavish fictionalized re-telling of the Watergate story (loosely based on ex-Nixon aide John Ehrlichman’s novel The Company) mixing political intrigue and personal drama and centering on the rise of a power-hungry American president and the men with whom he surrounds himself in order to keep his grip on his office. The story builds from a soap-opera start into a trenchant study of power that corrupts. Created by David W. Rintels Based on The Company by John Ehrlichman Written by Eric Bercovici John Ehrlichman David W. Rintels Directed by Gary Nelson Starring Cliff Robertson Jason Robards Stefanie Powers Theme music composer Dominic Frontiere (5 episodes) Richard Markowitz (1 episode) Cliff Robertson as William Martin Jason Robards as President Richard Monckton Stefanie Powers as Sally Whalen Robert Vaughn as Frank Flaherty Lois Nettleton as Linda Martin Barry Nelson as Bob Bailey Harold Gould as Carl Tessler Tony Bill as Adam Gardiner Andy Griffith as President Esker Scott Anderson John Houseman as Myron Dunn David Selby as Roger Castle Meg Foster as Jenny Jamison Peter Coffield as Eli McGinn Frances Lee McCain as Paula Stoner Gardiner Barry Primus as Joe Wisnovsky Diana Ewing as Kathy Ferris Lara Parker as Wanda Elliott John Lehne as Tucker Tallford Alan Oppenheimer as Simon Cappell Nicholas Pryor as Hank Ferris Frank Marth as Lawrence Allison Thayer David as Elmer Morse George Gaynes as Brewster Perry Linden Chiles as Jack Atherton Skip Homeier as Lars Haglund John Randolph as Bennett Lowman Bonnie Bartlett as Joan Bailey The fictional story is loosely based on John Ehrlichman’s 1976 book The Company, a novel inspired by the author’s tenure as a top aide in the Nixon administration.
