18½

In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes.

Cast

Willa Fitzgerald

as Connie

John Magaro

as Paul

Vondie Curtis-Hall

as Samuel

Catherine Curtin

as Lena

Richard Kind

as Jack

Sullivan Jones

as Barry

Bruce Campbell

as Richard Nixon (voice)

Jon Cryer

as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)

Ted Raimi

as General Al Haig (voice)

Lloyd Kaufman

as Jeffries

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