Watergate Massacre (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Watergate

Massacre (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

The so-called Saturday Night Massacre, the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973, when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor Archibald Knox be fired.

Directors

Mick Gold | Paul Mitchell

Producer

Paul Mitchell

Editor

Sara Jolly

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Edit Released

Updated May 29, 1994

Release date

May 29, 1994 (United Kingdom)

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Elliot Richardson Self - Attorney General Designate Self - Attorney General Designate See fewer	Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
Alexander Haig Self - White House Chief of Staff, 1973-4 (as General Alexander Haig) Self - White House Chief of Staff, 1973-4 (as General Alexander Haig) See fewer	The American President (2000)
George Gross Self - Grand Jury Member Self - Grand Jury Member See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
Archibald Cox Self - Special Prosecutor Self - Special Prosecutor See fewer	The Senate Watergate Hearings (1973)
Henry Ruth Self - Deputy Special Prosecutor Self - Deputy Special Prosecutor See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
William Ruckelshaus Self - Deputy Attorney General Self - Deputy Attorney General See fewer	The Breach (I) (2014)
Robert Bork Self - Solicitor General / Acting Attorney General Self - Solicitor General / Acting Attorney General See fewer	Rienzi (2012)
Leonard Garment Self - Counsel to the President, 1873-4 Self - Counsel to the President, 1873-4 See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
Barney Skolnik Self - Federal Prosecutor Self - Federal Prosecutor See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
James Neal Self - Prosecutor Self - Prosecutor See fewer	Murder in Coweta County (1983)
Jonathan Moore Self - Advisor to Richardson Self - Advisor to Richardson See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
Angelo Lano Self - FBI Agent Self - FBI Agent See fewer	Watergate: High Crimes in the White House (2022)
Carl Feldbaum Self - Assistant Prosecutor Self - Assistant Prosecutor See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
Fred Emery Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Spiro Agnew Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage) Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip (1970)
Tom Brokaw Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
Alexander Butterfield Self - White House Aide, 1969-73 (archive footage) Self - White House Aide, 1969-73 (archive footage) See fewer	Nixon (1995)
John Chancellor Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
John Dean Self - Counsel to the President, 1970-73 (archive footage) Self - Counsel to the President, 1970-73 (archive footage) See fewer	Nixon (1995)
James Doyle Self - Special Prosecutor's Spokesman (archive footage) Self - Special Prosecutor's Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer
Richard Nixon Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
L. Richardson Preyer Self - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (archive footage) (as Congressman Richard Preyer) Self - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (archive footage) (as Congressman Richard Preyer) See fewer
John C. Stennis United States Senator, Mississippi (archive footage) (as John Stennis) United States Senator, Mississippi (archive footage) (as John Stennis) See fewer	Meet the Press (1947)
Charles Alan Wright Self - President Nixon's Lawyer (archive footage) Self - President Nixon's Lawyer (archive footage) See fewer	Today (1952)