The Final Days

The Final Days, a 1989 American television film, is a dramatization of the final months of Richard Nixon's presidency. The film follows the events in the Nixon White House after the Watergate revelations, with performances from Lane Smith as Nixon, Richard Kiley as J. Fred Buzhardt, and David Ogden Stiers as General Alexander M. Haig Jr. As the walls close in, Nixon becomes increasingly erratic, with his family and advisors urging him to fight on, but ultimately accepting his advisors' advice and resigning the presidency.