Movie
The Best Man
Overview
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-04-05
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Henry Fonda as William Russell
- Cliff Robertson as Joe Cantwell
- Edie Adams as Mabel Cantwell
- Margaret Leighton as Alice Russell
- Shelley Berman as Sheldon Bascomb
- Lee Tracy as President Art Hockstader
- Ann Sothern as Sue Ellen Gamadge
- Gene Raymond as Don Cantwell
- Kevin McCarthy as Dick Jensen
- Mahalia Jackson as Mahalia Jackson
- Howard K. Smith as Howard K. Smith
- John Henry Faulk as Gov. T.T. Claypoole
Crew
- Franklin J. Schaffner - Director
- Gore Vidal - Screenplay
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