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The Man

63 %|Jul 19, 1972|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Hoyt Bowers
Casting
Lee Rich
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Joseph Sargent
Director
Irving Wallace
Novel
James Hulsey
Art Direction
Edward Rosson
Director of Photography
Rod Serling
Screenplay

Cast

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James Earl Jones
Douglass Dilman
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Martin Balsam
Jim Talley
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Burgess Meredith
Senator Watson
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Lew Ayres
Noah Calvin
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William Windom
Arthur Eaton
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Barbara Rush
Kay Eaton
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Georg Stanford Brown
Robert Wheeler
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Martin E. Brooks
Wheeler's Lawyer
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Simon Scott
Hugh Gaynor
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Patric Knowles
South African Consul
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Anne Seymour
Ma Blore
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Jack Benny
Jack Benny
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Edward Faulkner
Secret Service Man
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Gilbert Green
Congressman Hand
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Lew Brown
Gilbert
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Philip Bourneuf
Chief Justice Williams
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Reginald Fenderson
Reverend Otis Waldren
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Elizabeth Ross
Mrs. Smelker
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Ted Hartley
Press Secretary
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Charles Lampkin
Congressman Walding
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Lawrence Cook
Congressman Steller
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Vince Howard
Congressman Eckworth
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Leonard Stone
Congressman Parmel
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Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith