The Man
The Man
Release: 1972-07-19
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 6.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
ABC Circle Films
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Cast
Burgess Meredith
as Senator Watson
Edward Faulkner
as Secret Service Man
Barry Russo
as Haley
Garry Walberg
as Pierce
Georg Stanford Brown
as Robert Wheeler
Martin E. Brooks
as Wheeler's Lawyer
James Earl Jones
as Douglass Dilman
Martin Balsam
as Jim Talley
William Windom
as Arthur Eaton
Anne Seymour
as Ma Blore
Gilbert Green
as Congressman Hand
Leonard Stone
as Congressman Parmel
Charles Lampkin
as Congressman Walding
Janet MacLachlan
as Wanda
Simon Scott
as Hugh Gaynor
Ted Hartley
as Press Secretary
Lew Ayres
as Noah Calvin
Robert DoQui
as Webson
Jack Benny
as Jack Benny
Philip Bourneuf
as Chief Justice Williams
Barbara Rush
as Kay Eaton
Patric Knowles
as South African Consul
Lawrence Cook
as Congressman Steller
