The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)

6.4/10 40 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)

Bob Woodward

Self (voice)

David Frost

Self (archive footage)

George McGovern

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Lily Tomlin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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