 G. Gordon Liddy (qv) was offered the part of Clarence Beeks but  turned it down after discovering Beekss fate. Beeks is reading  Liddys book, "Will", on the train. Maurice Copeland (qv) who  plays the Secretary of Agriculture also played Attorney General John  Mitchell in the television movie  _Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982) (TV)_ (qv).