Born Again was a
1978 filmThe year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
depicting the involvement of Charles W. Colson in the
Watergate scandalThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
, his subsequent conversion to
ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented by the revelations in the New Testament....
, and his
prisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Other terms are penitentiary, correctional facility, and jail , although in the United States "jail" and "prison" refer to different subtypes of correctional facility...
term stemming from Watergate. It starred
Dean JonesDean Carroll Jones is an American actor. Jones is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977.- Early years :...
as Colson,
Anne FrancisAnne Francis is an American actress, famous for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet , and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West ....
as his wife,
Dana AndrewsDana Andrews was an American film actor.-Early life:He was born Carver Dana Andrews on a farm just outside Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, the third of nine children of Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister, and his wife Annis...
as Tom Phillips, Harry Spillman as
President NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
,former Senator
Harold HughesHarold Everett Hughes was the Democratic Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969; he had been a Republican earlier in his life. He also served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1969 until 1975.-Background:...
as himself, and
George BrentGeorge Brent was an Irish film and television actor in American cinema.-Early life:He was born George Brendan Nolan in Raharabeg, County Roscommon on the opposite bank of the River Shannon from the town of Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland, to a family with a history of British Army service...
in his final film. The director was
Irving RapperIrving Rapper was a British-born American film director. His most successful body of work is 10 films he made while under contract with Warner Brothers....
.
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Born Again was a
1978 filmThe year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
depicting the involvement of Charles W. Colson in the
Watergate scandalThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
, his subsequent conversion to
ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented by the revelations in the New Testament....
, and his
prisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Other terms are penitentiary, correctional facility, and jail , although in the United States "jail" and "prison" refer to different subtypes of correctional facility...
term stemming from Watergate. It starred
Dean JonesDean Carroll Jones is an American actor. Jones is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977.- Early years :...
as Colson,
Anne FrancisAnne Francis is an American actress, famous for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet , and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West ....
as his wife,
Dana AndrewsDana Andrews was an American film actor.-Early life:He was born Carver Dana Andrews on a farm just outside Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, the third of nine children of Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister, and his wife Annis...
as Tom Phillips, Harry Spillman as
President NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
,former Senator
Harold HughesHarold Everett Hughes was the Democratic Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969; he had been a Republican earlier in his life. He also served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1969 until 1975.-Background:...
as himself, and
George BrentGeorge Brent was an Irish film and television actor in American cinema.-Early life:He was born George Brendan Nolan in Raharabeg, County Roscommon on the opposite bank of the River Shannon from the town of Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland, to a family with a history of British Army service...
in his final film. The director was
Irving RapperIrving Rapper was a British-born American film director. His most successful body of work is 10 films he made while under contract with Warner Brothers....
.