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The Best Man

Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?

  • Movie
  • 1964
  • NR
  • 1h 42m

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

7.3

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7.3 out of 10 from 45 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Henry Fonda

    Henry FondaWilliam Russell

  • Cliff Robertson

    Cliff RobertsonJoe Cantwell

  • Edie Adams

    Edie AdamsMabel Cantwell

  • Margaret Leighton

    Margaret LeightonAlice Russell

  • Shelley Berman

    Shelley BermanSheldon Bascomb

  • Lee Tracy

    Lee TracyPresident Art Hockstader

  • Ann Sothern

    Ann SothernSue Ellen Gamadge

  • Gene Raymond

    Gene RaymondDon Cantwell

  • Kevin McCarthy

    Kevin McCarthyDick Jensen

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Mahalia JacksonMahalia Jackson

  • Howard K. Smith

    Howard K. SmithHoward K. Smith

  • John Henry FaulkGov. T.T. Claypoole

  • Richard Arlen

    Richard ArlenSen. Oscar Anderson

  • Penny Singleton

    Penny SingletonMrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)

  • George KirgoSpeechwriter

  • George Furth

    George FurthTom

  • Anne Newman BacalJanet

  • Mary Lawrence

    Mary LawrenceMrs. Merwin

Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer
Gore Vidal
Music
Mort Lindsey
Cinematography
Haskell Wexler