The Enigma of Deep Throat

Hal Holbrook created a backstory for Deep Throat that was based on a question of morality. William Goldman didn't just give Deep Throat the best line in the movie, he structured the entire film on his struggles with morality. When Woodward meets with Deep Throat for the third and final time, he and Bernstein are stuck. The camera lingers on Deep Throat's face as he agonizes over what to do. And then he talks. First he confirms what we already know, that the break-in was an operation run by Nixon's chief of staff. Now that is some serious whistleblowing.