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The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

This story of a disturbed furniture salesman who plotted in 1972 to kill the then US President Richard Nixon is based loosely on real life events. Blaming the failings of his life on the corrupt Nixon, he planned to hijack an aircraft and attack the White House in an eerie foreshadowing of the 9/11 attacks. Show less

Contributors

Samuel J Bicke:
Sean Penn
Marie Andersen Bicke:
Naomi Watts
Bonny Simmons:
Don Cheadle
Jack Jones:
Jack Thompson
Martin Jones:
Brad Henke
Tom Ford:
Nick Searcy
Julius Bicke:
Michael Wincott
Harold Mann:
Mykelti Williamson
Mae Simmons:
April Grace
Director:
Niels Mueller

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