Big Lever

Overview

For Nixon's first public appearance since resigning the presidency, Richard Nixon chose the small mountain community of Leslie County, Kentucky. Priceless footage of Nixon's 1978 visit introduces this incisive and sometimes hilarious look at the engines that drive American politics. The film explores the machinations of party politics in this rural and staunchly Republican county: hollow to hollow vote-hunting; family squabbles over candidates; patronage promises; speech-making on the courthouse steps; and the up-and-down career of the incumbent county Judge-Executive who sought re-election while under indictment for vote fraud conspiracy

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 15, 1982

Original language

English

Production

Appalshop

Cast

Richard Nixon

Director

Frances Morton

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt31490872