Blind Ambition (1979)
Blind Ambition is a 1979 war & politics series. It stars Martin Sheen, Theresa Russell and Michael Callan.
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.
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What is Blind Ambition about?
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.
When was Blind Ambition released?
Blind Ambition was released on 20 May 1979.
How many episodes does Blind Ambition have?
Blind Ambition has 4 episodes across 1 seasons.
Cast
- Martin Sheen as John Dean
- Theresa Russell as Maureeen Dean
- Michael Callan as Charles Colson
- Lonny Chapman as L. Patrick Gray
- William Daniels as G. Gordon Liddy
- Clifford David as Fred Fielding
- Ed Flanders as Charles Shaffer
- Fred Grandy as Donald Segretti
- Christopher Guest as Jeb Stuart Magruder
- Graham Jarvis as John Ehrlichman
- Edward Mallory as Henry Petersen
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin as John J. 'Jack' Caufield