Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Directed by Peter Landesman

Produced by Cara Films, MadRiver Pictures

2017103 min6.2 / 10

A procedural political thriller about institutional corruption and moral courage, grounded in the historical weight of Watergate and the tension between duty and self-preservation.

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

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