The Best Man
Drama
★ 7.3/1019641h 42mNR
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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.
Runtime
1h 42m
Language
English
Released
Apr 5, 1964
Runtime
1h 42m
Language
English
Released
Apr 5, 1964
Cast
Henry Fonda
William Russell
Cliff Robertson
Joe Cantwell
Edie Adams
Mabel Cantwell
Margaret Leighton
Alice Russell
Shelley Berman
Sheldon Bascomb
Lee Tracy
President Art Hockstader
Ann Sothern
Sue Ellen Gamadge
Gene Raymond
Don Cantwell
Kevin McCarthy
Dick Jensen
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
John Henry Faulk
John Henry Faulk
Gov. T.T. Claypoole
Richard Arlen
Sen. Oscar Anderson
Penny Singleton
Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
George Kirgo
George Kirgo
Speechwriter
George Furth
Tom
Anne Newman Bacal
Anne Newman Bacal
Janet
Mary Lawrence
Mrs. Merwin
H.E. West
H.E. West
Sen. Lazarus
Michael MacDonald
Michael MacDonald
Zealot
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