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The Best Man
Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?
7.3(45)19641h 42m
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
- Writers
- Gore Vidal
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Cast
Henry Fonda
William Russell
Cliff Robertson
Joe Cantwell
Edie Adams
Mabel Cantwell
Margaret Leighton
Alice Russell
Shelley Berman
Sheldon Bascomb
Lee Tracy
President Art Hockstader
Ann Sothern
Sue Ellen Gamadge
Gene Raymond
Don Cantwell
Kevin McCarthy
Dick Jensen
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
John Henry Faulk
Gov. T.T. Claypoole
Richard Arlen
Sen. Oscar Anderson
Penny Singleton
Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
George Kirgo
Speechwriter
George Furth
Tom
Anne Newman Bacal
Janet
Mary Lawrence
Mrs. Merwin
H.E. West
Sen. Lazarus
Michael MacDonald
Zealot
William R. Ebersol
Gov. John Merwin
Natalie Masters
Mrs. Anderson
Marie Blake
Cleaning Woman
Bill Stout
Bill Stout
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Crew
Directing
- Kay ThackeryScript Supervisor
- Dick ModerAssistant Director
- Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector
Writing
- Gore VidalScreenplay
- Gore VidalTheatre Play
Production
- Robert GoodsteinUnit Manager
- Marion RosenbergProducer's Assistant
- Ben HershProduction Supervisor
- Tom MankiewiczProduction Executive
- Lynn StalmasterCasting Director
- Stuart MillarProducer
- Lawrence TurmanProducer
Camera
- Robert JohannesCamera Operator
- Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
Editing
- George E. SwinkAssistant Editor
- Hal AshbyEditorial Consultant
- Robert SwinkEditor
Sound
- Jack SolomonSound
- Don HallSound Editor
- Jim HenriksonMusic Editor
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Lyle R. WheelerProduction Design
- Richard MansfieldSet Decoration
- Max FrankelProperty Master
Costume & Make-Up
- Dorothy JeakinsCostume Supervisor
- Kathleen DennisWardrobe Designer
- Ted TetrickWardrobe Designer
- Ben LaneMakeup Artist
- Virginia JonesHairstylist
Crew
- Stuart MillarPresenter
- Lawrence TurmanPresenter