The Final Days
PG 1989 · 150 min · ★ 6.9 · History, TV Movie, Drama
The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
Directed by Richard Pearce
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Lane Smith Richard Nixon -
Richard Kiley J. Fred Buzhardt -
David Ogden Stiers General Alexander M. Haig Jr -
Ed Flanders Leonard Garment -
Theodore Bikel Henry Kissinger -
Graham Beckel Ron Ziegler -
James B. Sikking Elliott Richardson -
Richard Venture James St. Clair -
Alan Fudge Gerald R. Ford -
Gregg Henry John Dean -
Ramon Bieri Judge John J. Sirica -
Ann Hearn Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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