Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the break-in at the Watergate complex, plays himself. British director 'Schlesinger, John' declined an offer to direct as he felt the story of Watergate should be told by an American. This was the first film Jimmy Carter watched during his presidential tenure. The furious volley of typewriter keys striking paper in the opening scenes was created by layering the sounds of gunshots and whip-lashes over the actual sounds of a typewriter, acc ...[Read Story ]