The Best Man
Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?
7.3(42) 1964-04-05 102 minDrama
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.
DirectorFranklin J. Schaffner
ScreenplayGore Vidal
Original Music ComposerMort Lindsey
ProducerStuart Millar
ProducerLawrence Turman
Cast & characters
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
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John Henry Faulk
as Gov. T.T. Claypoole
Richard Arlen
as Sen. Oscar Anderson
Penny Singleton
as Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
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George Kirgo
as Speechwriter
George Furth
as Tom
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Anne Newman Bacal
as Janet (as Anne Newman)
Mary Lawrence
as Mrs. Merwin
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H.E. West
as Sen. Lazarus
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Michael MacDonald
as Zealot
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William R. Ebersol
as Gov. John Merwin
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Natalie Masters
as Mrs. Anderson
Marie Blake
as Cleaning Woman (as Blossom Rock)
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Bill Stout
as Bill Stout
