More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Richard GerePete St. John
- Denzel WashingtonArnold Billings
- Gene HackmanWilfred Buckley
- Julie ChristieEllen Freeman
- Kate CapshawSydney Betterman
- E.G. MarshallSenator Sam Hastings
- J.T. WalshJerome Cade
- Beatrice StraightClaire Hastings
- Fritz WeaverWallace Furman
- E. Katherine KerrIrene Furman
Crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- David HimmelsteinWriter
- Andrzej BartkowiakDirector of Photography
- Cy ColemanOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew MondsheinEditor
- Reene SchisgalProducer
- Mark TarlovProducer
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