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.
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Classical in form, grave, cool and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Henry FondaWilliam Russell
- Cliff RobertsonJoe Cantwell
- Edie AdamsMabel Cantwell
- Margaret LeightonAlice Russell
- Shelley BermanSheldon Bascomb
- Lee TracyPresident Art Hockstader
- Ann SothernSue Ellen Gamadge
- Gene RaymondDon Cantwell
- Kevin McCarthyDick Jensen
- Mahalia JacksonMahalia Jackson
Crew
- Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector
- Gore VidalScreenplay
- Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
- Robert SwinkEditor
- Stuart MillarProducer
- Lawrence TurmanProducer
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