The Man
Joseph Sargent1972-07-19
It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.
6.3
93 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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James Earl Jones | Douglass Dilman | Unowned |
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Martin Balsam | Jim Talley | Unowned |
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Burgess Meredith | Senator Watson | Unowned |
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Lew Ayres | Noah Calvin | Unowned |
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William Windom | Arthur Eaton | Unowned |
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Barbara Rush | Kay Eaton | Unowned |
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Georg Stanford Brown | Robert Wheeler | Unowned |
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Janet MacLachlan | Wanda | Unowned |
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Martin E. Brooks | Wheeler's Lawyer | Unowned |
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Simon Scott | Hugh Gaynor | Unowned |
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Patric Knowles | South African Consul | Unowned |
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Robert DoQui | Webson | Unowned |
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Anne Seymour | Ma Blore | Unowned |
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Jack Benny | Jack Benny | Unowned |
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Edward Faulkner | Secret Service Man | Unowned |
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Gilbert Green | Congressman Hand | Unowned |
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Lew Brown | Gilbert | Unowned |
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Philip Bourneuf | Chief Justice Williams | Unowned |
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Reginald Fenderson | Reverend Otis Waldren | Unowned |
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Elizabeth Ross | Mrs. Smelker | Unowned |
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Barry Russo | Haley | Unowned |
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Garry Walberg | Pierce | Unowned |
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Ted Hartley | Press Secretary | Unowned |
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Charles Lampkin | Congressman Walding | Unowned |
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Lawrence Cook | Congressman Steller | Unowned |
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Vince Howard | Congressman Eckworth | Unowned |
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Leonard Stone | Congressman Parmel | Unowned |
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Howard K. Smith | Howard K. Smith | Unowned |
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Bill Lawrence | Self | Unowned |