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Poster Art From art.comThe Best Man   1964     3 stars    N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner  
Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Margaret Leighton, Lee Tracy, Edie Adams, Shelley Berman, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Richard Arlen, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, George Kirgo, Tyler McVey

  The President of the United States Art Hockstader (Lee Tracy) is dying, and political infighting peaks as two Presidential hopefuls William Russell and Joe Cartwell (Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson) seek the President's blessing. They try so hard to outdo each other that, in the process, they do themselves in. Lee Tracy received an Academy Award nomination for his Supporting Actor's Role.



Cast
Henry Fonda William Russell
Cliff Robertson Joe Cantwell
Margaret Leighton Alice Russell
Lee Tracy President Art Hockstader
Edie Adams Mabel Cantwell
Shelley Berman Sheldon Bascomb
Ann Sothern Sue Ellen Gamadge
Gene Raymond Don Cantwell
Kevin McCarthy Dick Jensen
Richard Arlen Sen. Oscar Anderson
Mahalia Jackson Herself
Howard K. Smith Himself
John Henry Faulk Governor T.T. Claypoole
George Kirgo Speechwriter
Tyler McVey Chairman
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