White House Madness

1975 American film

1975 (1975)

Running time

79 min.CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

White House Madness is a 1975 film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Steve Friedman. The film is a satire of the Watergate scandal.

White House Madness enjoyed a relative upswing in public awareness in 1995 when it was revealed that Phil Gramm, a Republican senator from Texas at that time planning a presidential run, had invested money in the film.

Cast

Steve Friedman ... Richard M. Nixon
Dennis Fimple ... Bob Haldeman
Perry Cook ... John Mitchell
Rusty Blitz ... John Ehrlichman
Lesley Woods ... Pat Nixon
Merrie Lynn Ross ... Julie Nixon
Margaret Wheeler ... Mamie Eisenhower
Kathy Bellinger ... Tricia Nixon
Oaky Miller ... Ronald Ziegler
Patti Jerome ... Martha Mitchell
Peggy Stewart ... Rosemary Woods
Al Lewis ... Judge Cirrhosis (cf. Judge Sirica)
Del Hinkley ... Billy Graham
William Tregoe ... General Haig
George Skaff ... King Feisal

External links

White House Madness at IMDb

Films directed by Mark L. Lester

Steel Arena (1973)
Truck Stop Women (1974)
White House Madness (1975)
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
Stunts (1977)
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
Roller Boogie (1979)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Firestarter (1984)
Commando (1985)
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Class of 1999 (1990)
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Extreme Justice (1993)
Night of the Running Man (1995)
Public Enemies (1996)
The Ex (1997)
Double Take (1998)
Misbegotten (1998)
Hitman's Run (1999)
Blowback (2000)
Stealing Candy (2002)
Betrayal (2003)
White Rush (2003)
Pterodactyl (2005)
Poseidon Rex (2013)

Richard Nixon

37th President of the United States (1969–1974)
36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)
U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953)
U.S. Representative for CA–12 (1947–1950)

Pre-presidency

Presidency
(timeline)

Transition
First inauguration
Second inauguration
"Bring Us Together"
Silent majority
1970 Lincoln Memorial visit
State of the Union Address
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
VP confirmation of Gerald Ford
Wilson desk
Judicial appointments
- Supreme Court
- controversies
Executive Orders
Presidential Proclamations

Foreign policy	International trips Nixon Doctrine Vietnam War Cambodian bombing Paris Peace Accords "Peace with Honor" Vietnamization Cold War period Linkage policy Tar Baby Option 1972 visit to China Shanghai Communiqué 1973 Chilean coup d'état Détente 1972 Moscow Summit Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty SALT I Treaty Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement Threshold Test Ban Treaty Operation CHAOS Space exploration
Domestic policy	Family Assistance Plan Revised Philadelphia Plan Minority Business Development Agency Native American policy Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Education Amendments of 1972 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Title IX Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 National Cancer Act of 1971 End Stage Renal Disease Program Supplemental Security Income Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act Shafer Commission War on Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Cannabis policy Federal Contested Elections Act Federal Election Campaign Act 1970 VRA Amendments District of Columbia Home Rule Act Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 Congressional Research Service
Economic policy	Bank Secrecy Act Fair Credit Reporting Act National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 Nixon shock Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 Smithsonian Agreement Occupational Safety and Health Act National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration Permissible exposure limit U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Consumer Product Safety Act Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act Securities Investor Protection Act Securities Investor Protection Corporation Tax Reform Act of 1969 Alternative minimum tax Revenue Act of 1971 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 Agricultural Act of 1970 Farm Credit Act of 1971 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 Federal Energy Administration Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
Environmental policy	Council on Environmental Quality Environmental Quality Improvement Act National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Amendments of 1970 Clean Water Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants New Source Performance Standards Noise Control Act Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Zone Management Act Coastal Zone Management Program Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Marine Mammal Protection Act Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 Endangered Species Act of 1969 Endangered Species Act of 1973 Oil Pollution Act of 1973 Water Resources Development Act of 1974
Watergate	Timeline Operation Sandwedge Operation Gemstone Saturday Night Massacre CRP White House Plumbers Watergate Seven Enemies List list of opponents White House tapes United States v. Nixon (1974) Senate Watergate Committee impeachment process "I am not a crook" Resignation Pardon

Life and
politics

Books

Six Crises (1962)
Bibliography

Elections

U.S. House	1946 1948
U.S. Senate	1950
Vice Presidential	1952 campaign selection convention election transition 1956 campaign convention election
Presidential	1960 campaign primaries running mate selection convention debates election Kennedy transition 1968 campaign primaries running mate selection convention election 1972 campaign primaries convention election
Gubernatorial	1962