Mastergate

Nov 1, 1992

1h 26m

★ 2.0

Overview

A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate hearings of 1972-1973.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Showtime Networks

Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Imagination Productions

Mastergate Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Chip Chatworth

Tim Reid

Merry Chase

Marcia Strassman

Clay Fielder

Buck Henry

Archer Bowman

Richard Kiley

Steward Butler

Ed Begley Jr.

Foster Child

Mark L. Taylor

Shepherd Hunter

David Ogden Stiers

Oral Proctor

Henry Jones

Abel Lamb

Bruno Kirby

Nat Picker

Ron Vawter

Clifton Byers

Jerry Orbach

Marvin Rotweiler

Ben Stein

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