The Best Man
Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?
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 Franklin J. Schaffner
Trailer
Cast
Kevin McCarthy
Dick Jensen
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Fred Aldrich
Delegate (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
William Russell
Cliff Robertson
Joe Cantwell
Shelley Berman
Sheldon Bascomb
Lee Tracy
President Art Hockstader
Ann Sothern
Sue Ellen Gamadge
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
George Furth
Tom
Rupert Crosse
Reporter (uncredited)
Margaret Leighton
Alice Russell
Tyler McVey
Chairman
Richard Arlen
Sen. Oscar Anderson
Penny Singleton
Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
Sherwood Keith
Doctor
Gore Vidal
Delegate (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Man at Pool (uncredited)
Edie Adams
Mabel Cantwell
Joi Lansing
Girl At Pool
Mary Lawrence
Mrs. Merwin
Leoda Richards
Convention Attendee (uncredited)
Gene Raymond
Don Cantwell
Marie Blake
Cleaning Woman (as Blossom Rock)
Billy Beck
Party Guest (uncredited)