The Best Man
Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?
1964 · 1h 42m · APPROVED
Drama
Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner
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.
Director and cast
- Franklin J. Schaffner Director
- 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
- Mahalia Jackson as Herself
- Gene Raymond as Don Cantwell
- Kevin McCarthy as Dick Jensen
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