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Blind Ambition

Blind Ambition

HE WANTED OFFICE, THEY WANTED MORE...

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Overview

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.

Created by Stanley R. Greenberg
Written by Stanley R. Greenberg, Taylor Branch, Maureen Dean
Produced by George Schaefer, Ronald H. Gilbert, Renée Valente
NetworksCBS

Top Cast

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

John Dean

Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell

Maureeen Dean

Michael Callan

Michael Callan

Charles Colson

Lonny Chapman

Lonny Chapman

L. Patrick Gray

William Daniels

William Daniels

G. Gordon Liddy

Clifford David

Clifford David

Fred Fielding

Ed Flanders

Ed Flanders

Charles Shaffer

Fred Grandy

Fred Grandy

Donald Segretti

Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest

Jeb Stuart Magruder

Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

John Ehrlichman

Themes & Keywords

watergate scandal

About Blind Ambition

Blind Ambition is a war & politics, drama series that first aired in 1979 exploring themes of watergate scandal. Created by Stanley R. Greenberg, it stars Martin Sheen, Theresa Russell, 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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