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The Man

The Man1972

★6.593 minDrama

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.

Director

Writer

Score

Jerry Goldsmith

Stars

James Earl Jones Martin Balsam Burgess Meredith

Cast29

James Earl Jones
as Douglass Dilman
Martin Balsam
as Jim Talley
Burgess Meredith
as Senator Watson
Lew Ayres
as Noah Calvin
William Windom
as Arthur Eaton
Barbara Rush
as Kay Eaton
Georg Stanford Brown
as Robert Wheeler
Janet MacLachlan
as Wanda
Martin E. Brooks
as Wheeler's Lawyer
Simon Scott
as Hugh Gaynor
Patric Knowles
as South African Consul
Robert DoQui
as Webson
Anne Seymour
as Ma Blore
Jack Benny
as Jack Benny
Edward Faulkner
as Secret Service Man
Gilbert Green
as Congressman Hand
L
Lew Brown
as Gilbert
Philip Bourneuf
as Chief Justice Williams
R
Reginald Fenderson
as Reverend Otis Waldren
E
Elizabeth Ross
as Mrs. Smelker
Barry Russo
as Haley
Garry Walberg
as Pierce
Ted Hartley
as Press Secretary
Charles Lampkin
as Congressman Walding
Lawrence Cook
as Congressman Steller
V
Vince Howard
as Congressman Eckworth
Leonard Stone
as Congressman Parmel
Howard K. Smith
as Howard K. Smith
B
Bill Lawrence
as Self

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