On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, security guard at the Watergate complex, finds a door's bolt taped over to prevent it from locking. He calls the police, who find and arrest five burglars in the Democratic National C… See more

• Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein
• Robert Redford as Bob Woodward
• Jack Warden as Harry M. Rosenfeld
• Martin Balsam as Howard Simons… See more

Unlike the book, the film covers only the first seven months of the Watergate scandal, from the time of the break-in to Nixon's second inauguration on January 20, 1973. The film introduced the catchphrase "follow the … See more